Today we talk about mooncakes
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Speaking of mooncakes, most Jinshan people must first think of the local heritage of more than a hundred years of time - Tinglin mooncakes.
In 2017, Tinglin Mooncake was included in the sixth batch of district-level intangible cultural heritage protection list in Jinshan District. Many people have heard of Tinglin Mooncake and tasted Tinglin Mooncake, but they must not have made it by hand.
Yesterday afternoon, Shanghai Tinglin Donglin Food Co., Ltd., as the inheritance unit of Tinglin mooncake, invited the public to experience the production process of Tinglin mooncake for the first time, opening the first pot of citizens to participate in the production of mooncakes this year.
And our journalists, too, are fortunate to be involved. Come with us and see how the Tinglin Mooncake is made!
Coming to Donglin Food Co., Ltd., the reporter and more than 20 citizens participating in the experience activities first put on aprons, hair masks and masks, and then carefully washed their hands with hand sanitizer. After doing the cleaning work, everyone came to the production workshop together and began to make.
Since you want to experience traditional handmade, Tinglin Mooncake's unique lard with sand filling has become everyone's first choice.
Under the guidance of the cake makers, the citizens who participated in the experience first added cooking oil to the flour and kneaded it into a golden dough.
Then divide the kneaded dough into small balls, stack the dough and puff pastry on top of each other, and then knead the dough with the root of the palm of your hand to facilitate puff pastry. This step seems simple, and it is not easy to really try it yourself. "This technique and technique is difficult to master, and it feels like it takes a long time to learn." Ms. Huang, a citizen who participated in the experience, said.
After making the dough, the next step is to wrap the filling. Due to the limited duration of the event, the bean paste and lard used on the day are prepared in advance by the cake makers in the morning.
When filling, pay attention to the ratio of the amount of skin and filling, and the filling must not be exposed. The crust should also be sealed with oil paper when the crust is closed, which can prevent the mooncake from breaking the phase when baking.
After the cake embryo is formed, everyone and the masters put a red seal indicating the taste on the moon cake, which is also the exclusive mark of the Tinglin mooncake.
After the stamp is extended, the mooncake can be put into the oven and baked. But if you want the mooncake to bake well, "watching the fire" is still an important inheritance skill.
During the baking process, the baking master needs to observe the change of the shape of the mooncake in real time, adjust the baking temperature, and spray water to increase the humidity in a timely manner, so that the baking can be successful.
After more than twenty minutes of baking, the steaming Tinglin mooncakes are baked. Since it has just been baked, the mooncake is very hot and needs to be cooled before it can be eaten.
Break it open and the outer crust is crisp and fluffy, and the filling is sweet and creamy. Everyone ate the mooncakes they made by themselves, and they had a different flavor.
Sheng Lingkun, general manager of Donglin Food Co., Ltd., told reporters that the event is to let Jinshan people have a deeper understanding of the Tinglin mooncakes from snacks to large, and also to make some advance warm-up for the large-scale production of Tinglin mooncakes this year.
"We officially started making and selling Tinglin mooncakes, and it's not until after the Dragon Boat Festival. The mooncakes made this time are only for the public to experience and will not be sold to the outside world. Sheng Lingkun said.
It is understood that the Tinglin mooncake will start selling after the Dragon Boat Festival. Lard sandwich sand, five kernels and hundred fruits taste priced at 45 yuan a box, red bean fine sand and pepper salt sesame flavor price is 42 yuan a box, fresh meat stuffing is not priced for the time being, interested citizens can buy after the mooncake is listed.
Donglin Food Co., Ltd. Tel: 021-57233542
Reporter 丨Gan Lixin Gong Wei Tong
Photography 丨Zhuang Yi
Editor 丨 Lin Xuxiang
Responsible editor 丨 Yu Luoyin
Reporter 丨Gan Lixin Gongwei with photography 丨 Zhuang Yi
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