How to Make Homemade Autumn Pear Paste

    When feeling a cough or sore throat, take one to two spoons of autumn pumpkin jam mixed with warm water and drink it. It not only has the effect of moistening the throat and stopping cough but also tastes sweet without any medicinal taste.

    Main ingredients

    5 pounds of pumpkins 120 grams of rock sugar Monk's fruit 1 piece Lemon 1 piece

    Auxiliary ingredients

    Ginger 10 grams Fritillary bulb 20 grams

    How to make homemade autumn pumpkin jam

    1. Prepare the required materials

    2. Wash and peel the pumpkins, remove the seeds, and cut them into appropriate sizes for the food processor or blender.

    3. Process the pumpkins in batches until very fine, making sure to blend the ginger with the pumpkins at this stage.

    4. Transfer the processed pumpkin and ginger mixture along with rock sugar, monk's fruit, and lemon juice into a pot and simmer for 30 minutes.

    5. After cooking, it should look like a thick paste; let it cool down before straining out the pulp and retaining only the liquid.

    6. Strained liquid

    7. Pour the strained liquid back into the pot and add fritillary powder, continue to boil over medium-high heat while stirring frequently and skimming off foam.

    8. Continue boiling for about 40 minutes until it thickens.

    9. Only three small bottles come from 5 pounds of pumpkins, all full of essence.

    Cooking tips

    1. Although the autumn pumpkin jam tastes good, it should not be consumed casually as a beverage. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the pumpkin jam is cooling in nature, so those with weak spleen and stomach, cold hands and feet, or loose stools should eat less or avoid it entirely;2. Due to its high sugar content, people with diabetes are not suitable for consuming it.