As an important part of traditional culture, traditional Chinese dim sum has been loved by more and more people with its rich connotation, exquisite craftsmanship and beautiful appearance.
But have you ever paid attention to which Chinese dim sum to eat in which season? What are the commonly known dim sum boxes that should be prepared?
Today we will enjoy several traditional Chinese dim sum, and talk about related by the way.
<h1 class="ql-align-center" > starts with the simplest traditional mung bean cake</h1>
Mung bean cake is one of the famous four seasons pastries. Because mung beans have a sweet and cold taste, non-toxic, have heat and detoxification, dispel heat and thirst, reduce swelling, clear eyes, beauty and beauty, it is a good summer snack. Therefore, during the Ancient Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, in order to seek peace and health, people should drink xionghuang wine, eat mung bean cake and salted duck eggs, which can avoid the disease of the summer brought about by the arrival of the summer solstice.
Mung bean cake is divided into north and south according to taste. The north is the Beijing style, the production does not add any grease, although the entrance is soft, but there is no oil moistness, also known as "dried bean cake". The south includes Su style and Yang style, which needs to be added with oil when making, and the taste is soft and delicate.
The deliciousness of mung bean cake and the common materials and methods of the people make mung bean cake have a high popularity among the people. Seeing that summer is approaching, let's learn to make mung bean cake first.
Home-cooked mung bean cake: Wash the mung beans and soak them in water overnight. desquamate. Steam over high heat and crush into mung bean paste. Add sugar and add a small amount of lard or light cream if you want a smoother taste. Mix well and knead into a ball, use the mold to press out the shape you like. You can also wrap in fillings such as date paste and bean paste according to your personal preference.
Traditional wooden molds used to be a must-have item in old pastry shops. The natural and warm wood is carved into square, round and other shapes, and then carefully carved out of flowers, plants, melons, fruits, dragons and phoenixes and other beautiful ornaments. Through repeated embossing, tapping, laminating, etc., exquisite snacks of different shapes are made.
Tips for the use and maintenance of wood molds: Wooden molds do not need to be steamed, and wood that has not been chemically treated is easy to expand and crack when it encounters water. Just clean with a damp cloth, apply a few more layers of cooking oil or soak directly in the cooking oil, you can get a good maintenance effect.
<h1 class= "ql-align-center" > the most famous traditional "eight pieces"</h1>
The earliest "eight pieces" were not the names of the pastries, but were derived from the imperial court meal. It is one of the 8 kinds of noodles used in major festivals and celebrations in the Qing Palace. These include noodles printed with auspicious words such as Fu, Lu, Shou, Xi, Ankang, Ruyi, and special "silver ingot fish".
After it was introduced to the people, each faction of dim sum evolved into its own "eight pieces".
Beijing Eight Pieces: Pretzel Cake, Taishi Cake, Sage Horse, Jujube Flower Cake and Fuzi Cake printed with auspicious words, Xizi Cake, Luzi Cake, Shouzi Cake, respectively, the meanings are: Fu, Lu, Shou, Xi, Cai, Wen, Ji, Xiang.
Tsuhachi: Generally refers to a dim sum made of eight kinds of fillings such as hawthorn, rose, green plum, sugar, bean paste, date paste, pretzel, and raisins. The big eight pieces are roughly jujube flowers, fu characters, lu characters, shou characters, xi characters, roll crisp, walnut crisp, wax cake; the small eight pieces have jujube squares, almond crisp, small peach, small apricot, small pomegranate, small apple, small walnut,
Eight pieces of Dian: hard shell ham cake, washed sand white crisp, crystal crisp, sesame seed crisp, rose puff pastry, Wu Ren crisp, chicken brown crisp, ham kohlrabi puff pastry.
<h1 class="ql-align-center" > light and fresh traditional refreshments</h1>
Refreshments are simply small snacks eaten when drinking tea, paying attention to small and fine, with diverse tastes, small shapes, small quantities and excellent quality.
Refreshments are closely integrated with traditional culture, regional characteristics, and the progress of the times, and have the characteristics of diversity, ornamentation, and taste. Most importantly, coincides with tea sex and the time of tea drinking.
Here's a simple recipe: "sweet with green, sour with red, melon seeds with oolong". The so-called sweet with green: that is, sweet food with green tea to drink, such as with a variety of sweet cakes, pineapple crisps with green tea; acid with red: that is, sour food with black tea to drink, such as with fruits, lemon slices, preserves and other black tea; melon seeds with oolong: that is, salty food with oolong tea to drink, such as with melon seeds, peanut rice, olives and other oolong tea.
There is also a traditional chinese dim sum, which integrates tea into it, the aroma of tea looms, and the dim sum is sweet and delicious, which can be described as both tea and delicious.
<h1 class="ql-align-center" > traditional skins that are not intoxicating</h1>
In the baking of foreign meals such as French cuisine and desserts, red wine is used.
In fact, in China, there is also the existence of wine skin dim sum, which originates from the imperial diet, and is known as the essence of Beijing-style dim sum because of the complicated process and fine production.
The so-called skin needs to be aged for more than ten years to add the skin. After the dim sum is baked, the pungent intensity of the alcohol is removed and only the rich and mellow aroma is left. According to the Fangzi of the Imperial Diet, the most suitable wine is the ten-year-old flower carving. The entire production process, from ingredients, noodles, and baking, requires a strict recipe and familiar techniques. Otherwise, it is impossible to lock in the mellow aroma of the wine, so that the aroma of the wine is evenly spread throughout the puff pastry.
China's traditional dim sum is good at using a variety of delicious ingredients and various exquisite craftsmanship, which has a long history. It is a blessing that we can still taste this delicious heritage today.
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