Recently, the recorder walked into the century-old shop of "Luanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage" Wang Ji Chess Cake located in luanzhou ancient city, tasted the fresh and crisp traditional food of Luanzhou in the antique chess cake sales hall, and experienced the taste of Luanzhou on the tip of the tongue, which has become a must-choose tour for every tourist who visits Luanzhou Ancient City.
Chess piece baked cake is a specialty of the Tangshan region of Hebei Province, named after the shape of a small drum and the size of a chess piece. Wang Ji chess piece baked cake size is uniform, rounded shape, shaped like a small drum, the front is firmly inlaid with a layer of sesame seeds, not easy to fall off, and the whole piece of baked cake is not leaky or broken, the taste is crisp. With a bite, you can taste the three textures of "crispy on the outside, crispy on the inside, and soft on the inside", and truly achieve the above standards, from the noodles, the filling to the production of baked cakes, all need to be exquisite production technology.
There are two kinds of noodles for Wang Ji chess piece baked cakes, one is the puff pastry and the other is the oil dough skin. The reason why it can be crispy is to use fine powder and large oil puff pastry when making noodles, which is the oil crisp that is used daily. Flour must be fine refined flour, first add oil, five spices to make the puff pastry. The puff pastry must be made with refined lard or chicken fat, which makes the puff pastry more fragrant. After the puff pastry is completed, a portion of flour, oil and water is used to make the oil dough. The ratio of oil and water should be well controlled, the puff pastry is not crisp, and the proportion of water and oil is the key. Wang Ji chess piece roast cake has beef, pork, plum vegetable meat, red beans, chestnuts, black sesame seeds, pretzels, five kernels, cantaloupe, purple potatoes, durian, egg yolk, pumpkin, date puree, strawberries, peaches, pineapples, mung beans, three fresh meat and other fillings, of which the meat stuffed chess pancakes are the most popular, and the filling is also the most exquisite.
Wang Jinkui, the 5th generation inheritor of Wang Ji chess cake, has continuously increased his research and development efforts on the basis of inheriting the tradition, and developed new processes such as baking chess piece cakes in an electric furnace. Wang Ji chess piece baked cake has always been concerned about the health of the people and always pays attention to food safety. Under the strict requirements of Wang Jinkui, Wang Ji chess piece baked cake is made of pure handmade xylitol filling, without adding any additive preservatives, so that the old man and children can eat the burnt cake, and the psychology of selling to customers is also solid. The roasted chess pieces are golden in color, baked inside and out, crispy inside and out, fresh and fragrant meat filling, crispy and not greasy, and also easy to preserve. It has become a unique flavor cuisine in Luanzhou.
In order to expand the reputation and popularity of chess baked cakes, let the chess pieces baked cakes be produced on a large scale and exported to all parts of the country. Wang Jinkui, the 5th generation heir of Wang Ji chess cake, decided to recruit disciples and develop chain operations for the whole country, passing on the craft at the same time, but also hoping to help more people start a business. (Recorder: Li Zenglin Feng Yanzhu Photo: Cao Shuxing)
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