Colored sugar with natural fillers, instant powder "just add water"

[1. Sugar Fruit Blend]

Colored sugar with natural fillers, instant powder "just add water"

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Ingredients
Dried fruit mix
Fresh mint leaves
Citrus fresh (orange, lemon, mineola)
White sugar

Cooking method

• And the reason for everything is a bag of fruit mixture called "Insolent Fruit", which I have with tea bags for quite some time. I brewed the mixture a couple of times, and left it until better times, it did not go with me, although the composition of the mixture seems to be nothing: hibiscus petals, pieces of dried apples, pineapple, rose hips, cherries))
• So the idea was suddenly born to mix these dried fruits with sugar together, and see how edible it will be, and where to use this sugar in the future.
• Go…)))
• 1. Sugar Fruit Blend

• Broken the mixture in parts coarsely in the glass of the combine.

• Mixed with regular sugar, ground the mixture well. The task was to thoroughly grind the fruit and berry crumbs with sugar, so that the fruit juice completely penetrates into the sugar and it becomes colored - and the crumbs get their portion of sugar and become sweet. This can only be achieved when the crumb is wet. Therefore, I do not recommend just combining sugar and dry fruits-berries without grinding, the effect will not be the same.

• I lay out the wet sugar crumbs on paper (which can absorb moisture), add a paper towel at the bottom (to better draw out moisture), and leave this whole structure on a large food bag to dry near the battery, closer to the heat. The mixture was dried for a couple of days, in the interval I stirred it with a fork.

• The color of the sugar mixture remained bright, the taste was also pronounced (cherry and hibiscus) Unfortunately, the fotik underestimated the natural brightness of the crumbs)

• Almost at this stage, the sugar crumbs are ready. You can pour into a jar and use.
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• But, I made powdered fruit sugar!
• I ground the sugar crumbs in a blender glass to fine powder!
• The color of the powder is much lighter than the crumbs, completely pale), in principle, I was upset))
• Looking from left to right: fruity, mint, citrus.
• And compare the structure and color of sugar and powder: behind the powder there are jars of sugar crumbs of a more natural color.
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• But ... then, when you sprinkle something wet with powdered sugar ... the color instantly appears in a beautiful, bright !!!! Looks very nice! And the taste remained fruity and berry!
• A wonderful transformation of ordinary sugar with additives!)))
• I sprinkled the cottage cheese on the pancakes with powdered sugar - what a play of color right away, right before our eyes!))
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• Following the same principle, I made fruit sugar with the addition of fresh mint and citrus fruits.
• 2.mint sugar.
• Chop fresh mint finely on a board until crumbs, so that it becomes damp.
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• Mix mint with sugar. Under the influence of sugar, the mint will begin to produce strong juice and completely color the sugar.
• Then we dry the sugar in the usual way (see above), collect it in a jar.
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• And we also partially grind the sugar in a glass of a blender into a fine, almost colorless powder, which will appear when it comes into contact with something wet.
• 3. citrus sugar.
• Grate the zest with orange, lemon, mineola, grapefruit. Mix with sugar.
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• Under the influence of sugar, the zest will begin to secrete a lot of juice and completely color the sugar.
• Then we dry the sugar in the usual way (see above), collect it in a jar.
• And we also partially grind the sugar in a glass of a blender into a fine, almost colorless powder, which will appear when it comes into contact with something wet.
• Sudanese rose (hibiscus, hibiscus)
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• Recipe:
• dried Sudanese rose (tea) - 50 grams
• clean water - about 3-4 tbsp. l.
• white sugar - 3-4 cups to taste
• Rose smashed with a blender to a large crumb
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• added some water, softened a little crumbs,
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• mixed with sugar and mixed well
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• Then there will be drying
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• Result: crumbs and powdered sugar
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• Powdered sugar is used to make instant drink "just add water"
• Put 2-3 tsp in a cup. colored powder to taste, pour boiling water over, stir - and we get a transparent drink, with a slight sediment.
• Here I have citrus drink:
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• A great solution for work, road, hike - tasty, healthy, warm))
• It is enough to have a box-jar with colored sugar powder in the table, at hand))

Note

Here, such culinary pranks occur in my kitchen with fruits, leaves, herbs, flowers.
Such sugar can be made with many natural additives in color and taste: green tea, black tea (original color and taste), green basil (red), homemade dried fruits, berries ... you just need to look around and rummage carefully in your cabinets, jars ...
You can think of many options for such sugar and powder for decorating pastries and other dishes ... starting with ordinary cottage cheese and yogurt ... casserole, pie, cake.
Beautiful, tasty, aromatic, unusual, unbeatable, there is something to boast about, and something to surprise
Bon appetit, everyone!

Later I realized that such sugar, especially powder, would be an excellent and instant drink "just add water"
This will be especially true at work, on the road, on a hike - just-tasty-quick-vitamin

Sudanese rose (hibiscus, hibiscus)

[Tanya]

Tanya! You are a sorceress! I know! I know

With what will I make your powder and sugar! Guess it at once! With tea and fiber, of course!

From the pictures I just love! Thanks for the awesome recipe! You are not just a sorceress! You are master !

Added on Thursday, 06 Oct 2016 7:44 PM

Tomorrow I'll go and cut off all the mint from the neighbors ...

[Luda]

Luda, Thank you!
Yes, I somehow had no doubt that you ... yes with something other than fiber - but never!

Only a wish: the fiber should be simple, not sweet - otherwise it is very difficult for dried fruits to break with a blender

Tomorrow I'll go and cut off all the mint from the neighbors ...

I'm waiting for impressions
For 50 grams of mint, take 2-3 cups of sugar (a glass of 200 ml.) Will be optimal

[Tanechka]

Only a wish: the fiber should be simple, not sweet - otherwise it is very difficult for dried fruits to break with a blender

Tanechka, this is just difficult! Everything is so sweet here! But nothing, I was already grinding. You're right, it's hard to break into flour. By the way, I have fiber from grape leaves (so fragrant !!!). Both mint and lemon balm are slightly fermented. The aroma is already worse than that of fresh grass.

For 50 grams of mint, take 2-3 cups of sugar (a glass of 200 ml.) Will be optimal

Only 50 grams? And I was dreaming!
Thank you, Tanyusha, for your advice! I'll take everything into account.

[Tatyana]

Tatyanawhat a yummy! And so versatile !!! Always at hand if there is no fruit, and transform the hunt! I completely agree with Lyuda - you are a Sorceress!

Wow, I ordered for myself saplings of various aromatic mint - strawberry, chocolate and so on, now I know where to put it in besides tea !!!

Cool thing!!! I have been doing this for a very long time and use it in confectionery.

[NataliARH]

strawberry, chocolate

NataliARH, Natasha, this is the first time I've heard of such a thing! I need to find out, maybe you can buy this from us. Thanks for telling me!

[Luda]

Only 50 grams? And I was dreaming!
Thank you, Tanyusha, for your advice! I'll take everything into account.

Luda, so the output of finished sugar and the more powder is small
And there is never enough tasty, take all the mint from your neighbor

Girls, health! Do not regret - it will turn out deliciously

[Admin]

Admin, Tanya, I mix lemon zest with sugar and in the freezer, for some reason I don't like the dry smell.But as a fruit powder, I really liked the idea, thanks. It's always good to have on hand.

[Tanyusha]

Tanyusha, the zest is no longer raw - it has dried up. And the dry rind in the powder has a citrus scent.

To your health! Try and cook like that - you might like it

[Admin]

Admin, Tatyana, what a good idea, thank you, the beauty cannot be described

I just read the name of the recipe and immediately thought - well, this is definitely Admin-Tanya invented something new! I looked at the author - I really got it!
Tanya, thank you very much for such delicious and beautiful ideas! I was just planning to bake pancakes on the weekend, now I know how to decorate them appetizingly

[Girls]

Girls, to your health! Yes, the pancakes will look beautiful and bright And delicious!

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, how many dried fruits to put, like mint 50g for 2 cups or better more? I want to grind a lemon from strawberry chips tomorrow, but I probably need to put less of it.

[Lena]

Lena, try to take a glass of chips, 1 lemon zest and 2 glasses of granulated sugar. If you need a zest from two lemons.
The mixture of chips and lemon can be very dry, so add 1-2 tbsp. l. water to chips, stir to become wet, chop. And then mix with sugar - rub thoroughly with your hands so that the sugar turns into color, and the juice of the chips turns into sugar. Then put it to dry.
Then it will turn out beautifully and tasty!

Do not dry grind chips and sugar - the effect will not be the same. The sugar will not be saturated with strawberry juice.

Tanya! Great recipe! You are a great inventor. You know, at the dawn of a foggy youth, it would even be more correct to say that in my childhood my friends and I put together our pennies and bought a can of chocolate powder, which we immediately ate with a teaspoon taken from home. I never saw it on sale again. Please think of how to make such a powder out of current chocolate (good, of course). It was not cocoa powder with sugar, but the most natural chocolate, just dry and ground into powder, and it did not stick together into a lump. It was sold in round high cardboard cans, 400 grams each. I think, plus or minus my peers remember him.

[Lena]

Please think of how to make such a powder out of current chocolate (good, of course).

Lena, Thank you!
Oh, this is a difficult task for me, I'm not a technologist And I don't eat chocolate, I rarely have it

We need to think about how this can be done

Admin, thanks! I'll wait anyway. Have you tried this?

No, I do not remember
But I remember how we fools, we mixed snow with jam and crackled right on the street, with spoons from cans. Then I remember how badly my chest and stomach ached, and I was treated and warmed from the inside.
True, there was no belt, and so she herself punished

Yes, being not spoiled by the current abundance, we have invented many things ourselves, useful and unhelpful. But this chocolate powder is something!

Tanya added sugar and set it to dry. I decided so far from only one strawberry, added 1 hour to it. l. water. The aroma is breathtaking, the main thing is to let it dry, otherwise the children run around and take the sample.

[Lena]

Lena, well done The color is impressive, strawberry You will sugar porridge for the kids - and the taste and color and benefits of berry

Oh, girls, now we will use all supplies of dried fruits for sugar

[Admin]

Admin, Tanya, what a great sugar it turned out !!!
I also have strawberry chips, they are not crispy, but some kind of jerky.
Here's how to do it? Need to revive them with some water?

[Admin]

Admin, Tanya, what a great sugar it turned out !!!
I also have strawberry chips, they are not crispy, but some kind of jerky.
Here's how to do it? Need to revive them with some water?

Irisha, Thank you!

Break them up coarsely with a blender, and add 1-2 tbsp of some water. l. to moisten them. and then mix with sugar and rub with your hands so that it becomes colored from the chips, absorbs the juice-liquid from the chips - and set to dry.
Should be good, berry flavor
And then after drying, you can make powder

Thank you, Tanyush!
I'll show you what happened later)

[Admin, Tanechka]

Admin, Tanechka, can I stick in with my experience of using this sugar / powder?
Such powdered sugar is very good when making marshmallows, creams, pasta and just in dough.
In marshmallows, I put a maximum of 100 throms in applesauce (not in syrup!), It turns out a very aromatic and tasty mint and orange marshmallow. In pasta, you need to take quite a bit of very well-dried powder. I put it on the peephole. If you are afraid of the cookie itself, then the cream will be absolutely wonderful.

[Anya]

Anya, THANKS for the tips
At first, you don't know where to attach it, and then ... the hand itself will reach for the powder. And beautiful and tasty

Yesterday I put another sugar to dry, I already know that it will be delicious - in the evening I stood with a spoon next to it

Sudanese rose (hibiscus, hibiscus)

[Tatyana]

Yesterday I put another sugar to dry, I already know that it will be delicious - in the evening I stood with a spoon next to it

Tatyana, intrigued. Be sure to share later, please!
it's me Natasha NataliARH pushed to share here. It was somehow uncomfortable with my suggestions on someone else's topic.

Tan! Wow! I love the Sudanese rose. I have a lot. I will definitely do it. Her color is so gorgeous, delicate pink.

I did the right thing - brought very interesting ideas and thoughts to the topic
Now we will pick it up and carry it to the masses, we will season the marshmallows with sugar, and it will be useful for everyone. Perhaps many even suffer from the fact that they do not know how to tint marshmallows and much more, and with natural dyes

Recipe:
dried Sudanese rose (tea) - 50 grams
clean water - about 3-4 tbsp. l.
white sugar - 3-4 cups to taste

I broke the rose with a blender to large crumbs, added some water, softened a little crumbs, mixed with sugar and mixed well.
Then there will be drying.
The color is gorgeous, bright And the taste is cherry, pronounced - super

Girls, do not forget - such a beautiful crumb made of natural vegetables and fruits will be a gorgeous present for someone
We put the crumb (exactly the crumb, it looks brighter) into a beautiful jar, decorate with a napkin lid, a beautiful bow, a baby card with a wish on it, and the gift is ready! Cheap and cheerful, and a lot of questions "what's there"

[Sudanese rose (hibiscus, hibiscus)]

Sugar and powdered from Sudanese rose (hibiscus, hibiscus) all photos on the first page

[Admin]

Admin, Tatiana, very interesting sugar! Thanks for the idea!
Can a question not quite in the subject?
I spread a lot of mint ... One with a strong metol aroma, and the other with anise ... And now I can't think of where to apply it.
Advise who needs advice

[Valya]

Valya, powdered sugar no longer has such a pronounced smell and taste, I myself have tried the jars are on my table on the carousel, then my hand itself reaches out to pour it somewhere - even in coffee ...
Make a beautiful drawing on a cottage cheese casserole

[Tanya,]

Tanya, Thank you very much for such an interesting recipe !!! Now I know exactly where I will add fiber from red currants, except for baking. And the color will be excellent, and the sugar with the sourness of red currant will go well. And hibiscus .. it's generally a song ...
There are mahito mint leaves in the freezer. I'll try for days to make crumbs out of them, if the color of the leaves remains interesting.

[Lena]

Lena, to your health!

Tell me how you can make sugar from frozen mint - huh?

In the kitchen, the hand itself reaches for a jar of sugar or powder - and I thought: such a powder can work as a "quick, instant" drink for a glass of boiling water, especially at work, on the road somewhere, on a hike, and so on. .. tasty and healthy, and fast

[Tanya,]

Tanya, I will definitely write how I will! Now we still need to deal with sea buckthorn, with eggplant and pepper. About "instant drink" ... another use of your recipe. And there and more, we girls, we will think of something ...

[Tanechka]

How, HOW, did I miss it ?! So there is hibiscus, Crimean, my friend brought it, lemons and oranges are there all year round, I will do it! It's a pity the mint is already done ... autumn after all, nothing will come off next year
Tanechka, but what do you think it will be possible to make strawberries from ice cream?

[Luda]

can you make strawberries from ice cream?

Luda, there is a lot of liquid in it after defrosting. This can melt all the sugar and make strawberry puree.
It is better to work with dried strawberry fruit chips. Cut, a drop of water, and sugar - then it dries quickly and the sugar remains crumbs

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, we almost didn't have strawberries this year, we just ate them. I didn’t prepare anything, neither jam nor chips, I didn’t manage to eat this and that enough ... This year there was only currant from berries, neither strawberries, nor honeysuckle, nor cherries, well, what can you do ... And about mint I remembered, I have a fermented one, so I'll do it with it, like with hibiscus, with water

Make lemons-grapefruit-oranges with zest - delicious sugar turns out
Very tasty with hibiscus, it tastes like cherry

And what a gorgeous drink is obtained from powder - mortality

[Tanechka]

Tanechka, I will, I will, I will definitely, I have one orange and three lemons in my fridge, so I'll do it today, I won't be able to sleep now, I won't be able to eat normally until I do ... I don't understand why, but yours recipes for salt, and now sugar, cause me some kind of unhealthy excitement and an irresistible desire to make more quickly and more, more ...

[Luda]

I don’t understand why, but it’s your recipes for salt and now sugar that cause me some kind of unhealthy excitement

Luda, yes, because they are all multifunctional, they fit a lot and are tasty

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, you are great, you have come up with so many things! It's so healthy and healthy!
I now walk past the "tasty salt" in the store, walk with my nose up, and my husband laughs at the price of it! And I have never seen such a sweet mixture!

[Tanyush]

Tanyush, I make mint sugar, I don't understand, my chtoli mint is dry, it doesn't give any juice! It costs itself sugar separately, mint separately. Now I think, maybe I can still cut the mint, but in front of her a little bit?
What do you say, Tanyush?
Strawberry sugar is dried)

[Lena]

Lena, to your health!

I thought: such a powder can also work as a "quick, instant" drink for a glass of boiling water, especially at work, on the road somewhere, on a hike, and so on ... tasty and healthy, and fast

Thanks for the idea! (y) I'll try in this capacity, otherwise my husband often asks me for something to drink - either compote, then tomato juice, then dilute the syrup, then dilute the ground lemon with boiling water ... Now we will also try this option "to drink"!

[Irisha]

I don’t understand, my chtoli mint is dry, it doesn’t give any juice!

Irisha, drop into the mixture 1-2 tbsp. l. water, just a little, so that the mass becomes damp, and the juice goes, the mint paint starts working - and remember with your hands strongly so that the mass becomes colored.

["JUST ADD WATER"]

I sip on the sly drinks with powdered sugar - an instant drink "JUST ADD WATER"

This is a drink with citrus - 2-3 tsp. per eggplant 300 ml.

[Tatyana]

Tatyana, thanks for the advice! Later I thought that the mint was rather dry.
Tomorrow I'll drop a drop and add more mint, after all.
And tomorrow I'll make another citrus!
And by the way, the gift idea is just great !!!