Chinese cuisine is famous all over the world. Speaking of Chinese food, there are eight main dishes and five flavors. This collision of different flavors has made Chinese cuisine famous all over the world. Among the varieties of traditional Chinese food, pastries are a large category that must be mentioned. Chinese pastries usually have a long history. And the style is beautiful, varied, delicious, and deeply loved by food lovers. Today, the editor will take you to see the pastries that can only be eaten in the ancient royal palace. At that time, only people of high status had the opportunity to eat, such as those who were born as concubines or were rewarded by the emperor.
Dried peaches. Peach pastry is a universal standard for all ages in the north and south. It is characterized by dry, dry and sweet. According to legend, during the reign of the Tang Yuan Dynasty, peasants and potters used peaches to relieve cough because of their cough. He then added peach kernels when baking. Unexpectedly, the taste was so good, other porcelain workers followed suit, naming it "peach cake", which was not only loved by the people, but also a court snack. If the pastry does this, it can be considered to have reached the pinnacle of cake making. It is indeed a delicacy not to be missed.
Donkey rolling, this pastry used to be only available on the court by royal nobles, but now everyone can eat it. This is Cixi's favorite meal. It melts in your mouth and is suitable for all ages.
Bergamot cake is the first of the four court pastries. Bergamotto cake symbolizes good luck. The shape of the bergamot cake resembles the posture of worshiping the Buddha. While eating this bergamot meal, the famous palace cheese bowl was carefully prepared in front of the experience group. The Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were all in the dynasty and were not abolished. It used to be a royal snack that only the royal family could enjoy. It used to be Cixi's favorite and the Gege brothers' favorite dish. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it was only circulated among the people. Until now, the production process is also very secret and cannot be done casually. Since rice wine and pure milk are used to bake the raw materials, the taste is sweet and sour, without any additives.
Once a royal delicacy, cheese is now a homemade dessert. When it comes to old Beijing cheese, old Beijingers know that this is a favorite dessert of ordinary people, and many people have drunk it when they were children. Just like the bayberry soup of Guizhou people and the ice powder of Sichuan people, they are all homemade sweet drinks. But old Beijing cheese is special, because old Beijing cheese was originally a court delicacy, a treasure of the royal diet, which only the emperor and concubines could enjoy.
Peas, these yellow squares are also desserts. Although it looks simple, it is also a popular dessert in the court. Of course, those who can eat are not low in status, and now that they have money, they can buy it and taste it.
These five pastries were once favorites of ancient emperors. Whether it is the classic Huanzhu Gege, or the newly popular "Yanxi Raiders" and "Ruyi's Legend", these pastries will appear as props from time to time. The concubines and the Empress Dowager ate deliciously. In modern life, they are not mysterious and are also cheap. How many have you eaten? Modern life is exquisite and exquisite, and there are many choices, so it is difficult to say whether these traditional pastries are suitable for the taste, but it is always possible to try it and feel the care of the emperor/concubine again.