Candied Japanese Loquat/Kumquat

28 February 2015, Saturday

So inlove with this mini oranges that I decided to venture into making it candied. So I decided to googled the recipes and finally settled at lafujimama.

With pictures as tutorials, I spent the whole afternoon just boiling and pickling the seeds out and finally boiled the syrup until it thickened. The final results is this 3/4 jar of candied kumquat from 2 boxes of Jap loquat.

Will make more next time if the price went down abit. It taste kind of nice and addictive too.

Pickled Japanese Loquat

26 Feb 2015, Thursday

After Chinese New Year is over, the supermarket started selling lots of Japanese Loquat/Kumquat. Since its suppose to be good for itchy or sore throat, I decided to embark on my first pickled Kumquat adventure.

Here's what I did:

2 boxes of Japanese loquat S$5.98 each per box
Sea salt - 1 packet

Method:

1) Make sure your jar is sterilize. I got mine from Daiso for S$2 each. Washed and dried since its new.
2) Slit the kumquat/loquat crisscross at the bottom.
3) Press down and stack the kumquat/loquat alternating with sea salt. Must be fully packed into the jar. I left the jar at the bottom of the fridge because of Singapore hot weather, I hate to see mold forming.

Now, let's wait 2-4 weeks time for update on pickled kumquat.