Lard soup dumplings have long been a delicacy that Ningbo people can't do without during the Spring Festival. Ningbo has always maintained the custom of eating soup dumplings together on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Eating a bowl of lard soup means that the new year is sweet and sweet, and the reunion is round.
(Ningbo Tang Tuan)
(Wrapped Ningbo soup dumplings)
How do Ningbo people make lard soup dumplings? First, the rice is soaked overnight, and then the water is poured into the stone mill in a 1:1 ratio.
(Soak glutinous rice with water)
One person puts the rice, one person grinds, the thick white rice milk slowly flows out, and then controls the moisture of the dry rice milk to make glutinous rice flour.
(Grind glutinous rice with stone grinding)
After preparing the glutinous rice flour skin of the soup dumplings, we are ready to start making the essence of the Ningbo lard soup dumplings - lard sesame filling.
Sauté the black sesame seeds over low heat, then pour them into the stone mortar and mash them.
(Sauté black sesame seeds over low heat)
Remove part of the pork plate oil and destruct the tendons. Then, mix with black sesame seeds, sugar, stir and mix, the classic Ningbo lard soup dumpling filling is made.
Take an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour, knead it into a bowl, then add the prepared filling, wrap it and roll it into a round.
(Wrapped Ningbo lard soup dumplings)
After the water boils slightly, put the soup balls under the pot in turn, stir along the edge of the pot with a spoon, and when the soup balls float, add some cold water, boil again, and after opening the pot three times, you can eat. If the fire is too large, or the cold water is not in place, the extremely thin soup dough skin is easy to crack, which is the ultimate test of the craftsmanship of the soup dumplings.
The crystal clear soup balls gradually float up in the water, and the white and round soup balls are cute and are also called "floating balls" in ancient times.
(Cooked Ningbo soup dumplings)
After the bowl is loaded, it is not yet complete, only with some osmanthus sauce, a bowl of classic Ningbo lard soup balls can be considered complete.
(Order osmanthus sauce on top of Ningbo soup dumplings)
"Pray to the mouth, sit on the melon seed tea, lard soup balls hot mouth." When eating the soup dumplings, you still need to be patient, and the white and delicate soup dumplings slowly flow out of the rich and fragrant lard sesame filling, full of fresh food.
The family's longing for the New Year and full of happiness are carried in this bowl of sweet and fragrant Ningbo lard soup dumplings.
Watch the Spring Festival Gala at home, Happy Chinese New Year. Please wear a mask when you go out, wash your hands frequently, ventilate more, and go to crowded places less, so that you can spend the New Year safely and safely!
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"Chinese Festivals with Taste" (Episode 3)
Broadcast time: January 25, 18:54
Producer / Yan Dong Editor-in-Chief / Liu Ming Huang Lijun
Editor / Tian Chuyun Xie Zhi Jiang Peichen (Intern)