Today to introduce you to a delicacy, there is a saying in Guangzhou "Fellow countrymen, when will you leave the provincial city?" The provincial city is the most famous, into a bead chicken baby cake, remember to buy. "How does this slip of the tongue sound so familiar?" That's right! It is The authentic food chicken cake in Guangzhou, also called xiaofeng cake, because the local chicken is called "Xiaofeng", so it is named! It has also been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong, with a history of more than 200 years
The outer layer of the small phoenix cake is crisp, the cake filling is fat and soft, with a variety of flavors such as sweet, fragrant, sweet and salty, and it is one of the favorites of the old Cantonese people in morning tea. To make the little phoenix cake well, you must go through the steps of preparation, mixing, shaping, baking, cooling, etc., the soul of which is ice meat (fat meat is cut into granules and marinated in sugar for 24-48 hours) and olive kernels (olive kernels).
Next is the mixture of filling, the olive kernel and peanut oil are mixed, the sweet fragrance is released instantly, plus ice meat, white sesame seeds, melon seeds, salt, Chaozhou powder is fully blended to form a cake embryo.
Use a spatula to cut the pie embryo into thin strips 2-3 cm wide, then use a spatula to cut it into small squares, and press it with the palm of your hand to form.
The last process is baking, a very critical step, which can be said to directly affect the taste of the back, there is no special standard, and the temperature needs to be adjusted by observing the color change of the cake. And the internal temperature of the cake should be maintained at about 25 degrees Celsius after baking, so that the small phoenix cake can achieve a cluttery taste, which is called "cold freezing". Xue Ruiming, the representative inheritor of this delicacy, has brought it to the extreme. He said, "The process of freezing is a test of the master's skill, and it cannot be measured with a thermometer, but can only rely on the master's experience."
He also said that the handmade process of the small phoenix cake is more complicated, and he has also tried mechanized production, such as using machines instead of manual mixing and kneading of raw materials, but the machine will crush the ice meat and olive kernels, destroying the original taste of the small phoenix cake.
Therefore, any food needs to be handmade and carefully made to perfectly reflect the soul of food!