China's food culture has a long history, there are many local special snacks, it looks like it is not proud, but it has been passed down for a long time. Shijiazhuang Shenze County Gaomiao Village of the steak cake is famous far and wide, the color of the steak cake is black and gray, the appearance is very ugly, it looks like there is no appetite, but people who have eaten it, but they have a special love for this snack, and they miss it for a few days without eating it.
Gaomiao Village is located in the east of Shenze County, the village is not large, but it is a well-known professional village of grilled cakes, there are more than 40 families in the village to operate grilled cakes, the ugly steak cakes of the high clown family in the village are very famous, the old man is 80 years old, it is said that his grandfather is the ability to do steak cakes, and has now been passed down to his grandchildren, passed down to 5 generations, with a history of more than 100 years.
The main ingredient for making steak cakes is buckwheat, which is carefully selected, washed with water, removed from the impurities inside, dried and then ground into a noodle. Soba noodles, according to a certain proportion of water surface and into a dough, will also add a small amount of elm bark noodles to increase stickiness, this snack in the production process without adding any additives, the use of pure natural ingredients.
During the cooking process, the heat must be well controlled, the fire is too large to paste the pot, the fire is too small to make the cake easy to cook, while hot out of the pot grilled cake dipped in cold water, the dough into a lump to cool. When eating, cut the steak cake into thin slices and put it on a plate, pour in the seasoning, most of the seasonings are sesame sauce, sesame oil, minced garlic and vinegar, and some people will rub a little shredded carrot and cucumber to garnish.
Although the grilled cake looks very ugly, but everyone loves it, not only because it is cheap and good, but also because of its high nutritional value, the taste is good, and some people take it as a wine dish, eat to the mouth has a strong buckwheat aroma, often eat buckwheat can clear the stomach, improve energy, store spirit, discharge of toxic substances in the body, buckwheat is rich in phosphorus calcium iron and amino acid fat and linoleic acid and a variety of vitamins, especially diabetic patients with heart disease and hypertension, eating more grilled cakes has many benefits for the body.
Hidden in the village, the steak cake is famous, and although the price is cheap, it has become one of the top ten famous snacks in Shijiazhuang. People who like to eat steak cakes, in order to taste the authentic Gaomiao Village steak cake, drive dozens of kilometers to the village to eat, after eating feel worth the trip. Do you have similar local specialties anywhere?