Lychees have been very popular with literati and inkers since ancient times, before there was Du Mu "riding a red dust concubine laughing, no one knows that it is a lychee coming", and then there is Su Dongpo's "three hundred lychees a day, and he has been a Lingnanian for a long time".
Lychees are native to China until the beginning of the last century, when the British Encyclopedia Britannica also introduced lychees as a dried fruit, because they had never seen fresh lychees.
Lychees are like rainbows after rain, short and beautiful. It blooms in February and bears fruit in May, and the tasting period is only about 20 days. Now is the season for lychees to come to market, so don't forget to try them!
Lychee is a southern fruit, and the northerners in ancient times tried everything in order to eat a bite of fresh lychee.
As early as the Han Dynasty, people tried to plant lychee trees in Chang'an, and none of them survived; during the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to eat fresh lychees, the emperor ordered people to transport lychee trees with soil into Beijing; the Tang Dynasty was fast and whipped, sending them to the imperial palace day and night. Because of this, lychee has become a very expensive fruit in ancient times.
As a native of the north, there were not many times when I could eat lychees before. I remember the first time I ate lychees was when I was 7 or 8 years old, and the neighbor aunt gave me one, took it upside down for half a day, and then knew that this thing was going to be peeled and eaten.
Because it is more difficult to keep fresh, lychees are best bought on the same day to eat on the same day, and it may deteriorate if left for one more day. Although it can be processed into canned lychees, who wouldn't want to eat fresh?
Lychee is rich in sugar, which can replenish energy and enhance nutrition. The most important thing is that it nourishes the brain tissue and can effectively improve insomnia, forgetfulness and other symptoms. In addition, lychee also contains folic acid, arginine, tryptophan and other nutrients that are beneficial to the human body.
With the development of the logistics industry, even if you are in the northernmost part of China, you can now eat fresh lychees. Fresh food can feel the most beautiful taste of lychee, but for people who can eat and love to eat, it is far more than that.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > 【lychee stuffed shrimp balls】</h1>
Ingredients: 10 fresh lychees, 10 green shrimp
Garnish: A pinch of broccoli
Seasoning: salt, pepper
Specifics
(1) Cut in one-third of the top of the lychee, then peel off the lychee skin and squeeze out the lychee core for later.
(2) After washing the green shrimp, remove the head, and cut the tail section of the shrimp to keep for later.
(3) Shell the rest of the shrimp and chop it into shrimp paste.
(4) Add a little salt and pepper to the shrimp puree and stir well in one direction, which can make the shrimp balls more Q-bomby.
(5) Take a lychee and fill the shrimp puree with the help of chopsticks into the lychee.
(6) Then put the shrimp tail and put all the prepared lychee shrimp balls on the plate.
(6) Next, process the broccoli, cut the broccoli into small flowers and put them in the pot, add a little salt and flour and mix well and let stand for 10 minutes, then clean and control the water.
(7) Add water to the steamer, put the plate on the steamer basket after the water boils, and then place the broccoli next to the steamer basket and steam for about 5 minutes on high heat. Broccoli we are generally blanched water treatment, in fact, the use of steaming can reduce the moisture of broccoli, and nutrients will not be lost.
(8) After steaming, take out the plate, and you can sprinkle a little black pepper on top of the broccoli according to your preference!
Well, our "lychee stuffed shrimp balls" are ready, in the hot summer, shrimp is undoubtedly a prelude to delicious, not only nutritious, but also soft and easy to digest. And lychee as a seasonal fruit, this is the most delicious time, combine it with shrimp meat, I believe after tasting will make you amazing!
Lychee preservation tips: It is recommended to keep fresh in a low temperature, high humidity environment, the temperature is 2-4 ° C is the best, and the humidity is controlled between 90% and 95%.
Finally, if you have just eaten lychee, do not drive, because a check is drunk driving, it is best to wait for 10 minutes.
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