Canned tangerines

Most of our compatriots associate the aroma of tangerines and the fruits themselves primarily with the New Year holidays - a time when these citrus fruits were always present on the table of almost every Soviet family. Today, fortunately, you can buy not only fresh fruits in stores, but also other products made from this overseas fruit. For example, tangerine jam, confitur or jam, as well as canned tangerines. Mostly canned tangerines are used as a flavorful sweet component in desserts, pastries, confectionery or fruit salads.

Meanwhile, the mandarin or Citrus reticulata belongs to the genus Citrus, and China is considered the birthplace of this plant. In Europe, the fruits of the tangerine tree fell only at the beginning of the 19th century. Today in Spain, Japan, Azerbaijan, Algeria, France, Morocco and Argentina, mandarin trees are cultivated on an industrial scale.

It is worth noting that mandarin is not just a tasty, but also an incredibly healthy fruit. Thus, the chemical composition of tangerines is rich in vitamins, minerals, as well as other biologically active compounds valuable for human health.

Basically, tangerines are usually eaten fresh, but in confectionery, canned tangerines are often used, which act as a filling for home baking or elegant edible decor for confectionery creations. The calorie content of canned tangerines is about 37 kcal, however, depending on the filling used, in particular the percentage of sugar, the nutritional value of this product may vary.

Today, the food industry is able to provide a wide range of various canned products, including canned tangerines. These sweet juicy fruits are already completely ready to eat - they are peeled and white films, and also disassembled into wedges. You just need to open a tin or glass jar and use canned tangerines at your discretion.

At home, you can also make canned tangerines for future use. It is recommended to choose sweet varieties of this fruit so that there is no need to add other sweeteners during the preparation of this product. In addition to the tangerines themselves, ginger or cinnamon is often added to the blank, resulting in not only a tasty, but also a doubly useful product.

Canned tangerines made at home will be a delicious and useful treat that will appeal to your loved ones. The composition of canned tangerines contains a fairly large amount of vitamins of group B, A E and PP. In addition, even in canned form, the fruits of the tangerine tree contain a considerable amount of ascorbic acid.