Zhuangli He'er Cake, as a representative brand of persimmon cake in China's persimmon township - Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, is named after the two combinations of the navel and the navel. At the same time, with fine processing, soft flesh, red and transparent, persimmon cream white thick, mellow taste, sweet as honey, rich nutrition, enduring, has become one of the best-selling traditional local specialties at home and abroad.
Shori Hoa cake
Chinese name: Shori He'er Cake
English name: Zhuang Li Dried Persimmon
Born in: Early Han Dynasty
Birthplace: Zhuangli, China
Exports: the United States, Russia, Canada, South Korea, Japan and other countries.
Two thousand years of cultivation four hundred years of processing
Zhuangli jian persimmon has a long history of cultivation, starting from the beginning of the Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years, and persimmon cake processing has a history of more than 400 years. According to the Zhishu, during the Ming Dynasty 's Wanli Dynasty ( 1573-1620 ) , the crown prince Taibao Sun Piyang offered persimmon cakes as a tribute to Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun. According to the Fuping County Chronicle, "Fuping persimmon cake was once a tribute in the Ming and Qing dynasties." In the Persimmon Museum in Yoshino, Japan, there is a record that "the world's main producer of persimmons is in China, the distribution center is in Qingzhou, and the eugenic area is in Fuping."
After liberation, Zhuangli He'er Cake was successively selected and sent to the Northwest Agricultural Exhibition Hall, the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall, and listed in the local famous products for exhibition. In 1980, the relevant departments of the central authorities sent a special telegram to purchase Zhuangliheer cakes to entertain foreign guests; in 1981, as a valuable specialty of Shaanxi, they were bagged in the name of the provincial government and carried taiwan with the mainland people's longing for Taiwan compatriots and their sincerity in the reunification of the motherland; in 1995, they won the Houji Golden Statue Award of the Second China Yangling Agricultural Expo.
In 1996, Fuping persimmon won the gold medal of Shaanxi Famous Premium Product; in 2001, Fuping was named "China's Famous And Excellent Economic Forest Town - China Persimmon Township" by the State Forestry Administration; in 2008, the "Fuping Persimmon Cake" declared by the county government was awarded the National Geographical Indication Protection Product; in September 2013, the Fuping Persimmon Cake Making Technique was approved by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Shaanxi Province [Shaanxi Zhengfa (2013) No. 39].
Traditional processing of Zhuangli Heer cake
The cake is made from Zhuangli persimmons, which are carefully processed through 12 processes such as picking, folding hooks, peeling, hanging, pinching, and frosting.
(1) Picking
After the frost falls, the persimmons are picked together with the fruiting branches.
(2) Folding hook
Pick the harvested persimmons one by one, cut the fruit branches 1 cm above and below the stem, and make a T-shaped crutch.
(3) Peeling
Use a spatula to spin from top to bottom or from bottom to top to bottom to clean the peel. When operating, the knife should be held steadily, and the sword should not hurt the flesh and leave no residual skin.
Traditional knife cutting
Modern semi-automatic machines peel
(4) Shelf hanging
The peeled persimmon fruits are hung one by one on a thin hemp rope hanging from the rack in advance, forming a juxtaposition and hanging into two strings.
(5) Pinch your head all over your heart
After 3-4 days of drying. After the surface is whitish, the first kneading is carried out, this kneading mainly pinches the fruit, promotes softening, astringency, and the internal moisture of the fruit spreads outward. Be careful not to push too hard so as not to break through.
(6) Pinch the block twice
Dry again until the surface wrinkles, and knead a second time. This time, all the hard pieces in the pulp should be crushed to achieve even drying and consistent color. This time it is very critical, heavier than the head pinch.
(7) Knead three times
Dry again until the surface wrinkles, and pinch a third time. This time, the heart of the fruit is broken under the persimmon stem, and the top of the fruit is gently pushed up to form a navel shape, laying a good foundation for the persimmon cake to form.
(8) Back string
After a gentle kneading and ten days of drying, the skewers are folded back and hung upside down, and dried for a few more days. Make each part of the persimmon cake surface evenly exposed to the sun.
(9) Remove the shelf and get out of the water
When drying is consistent with the surface and soft without soup, take off the skewers from the shelf at the right time, stack them in the open air, cover them with reed mats, and carry out moisture resurgence until the surface is water.
(10) Break the fruit stalk
After several days of returning to the water, break off the "crutch handle" left on the persimmon cake. The masses called it "breaking the handle."
(11) Cake
One by one, it is flattened horizontally and kneaded into a grinding disc shape, and the two fruit tops form a combination relative to each other, so it is called "He'er Cake".
(12) Moisture
The cake is then placed in an urn and mixed with the dried persimmon skin to adjust the moisture. Soon the surface of the persimmon cake is flooded with a layer of snow white and sweet crystals, which is persimmon cream.
Beautifully packaged
In recent years, persimmon cake sales competition has become increasingly fierce, packaging is becoming more and more exquisite, more and more cultural atmosphere, the following Xiaobian will share with you a few distinctive packaging.
Drunken beauty persimmon, just right, to give the favorite
The new farmers have been passing on the ancient law for thousands of years, and they are people with "old persimmons"
Persimmon brother, Tomihira melon
Hop cake, from the taste of hometown Fuping Village
Persimmon is beautiful, persimmon is as desired
Hop cake, a taste of childhood
Fuping persimmon cake, persimmon sweetheart
Tenggu modern agriculture, rich in good persimmons
How to eat the cake
Eat when you open the bag: tear open the package and eat it directly.
Stir-fry: You can eat persimmon cakes by cutting them into thin slices and sautéing them with bacon.
Boiled and eaten: You can cook and eat it with monk fruit.
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Nutritional value of he'er cake
ZhuangliHe'er cake is rich in nutrients, widely used, and has a therapeutic effect. It can be stored for a long time and is an important condiment for making pastries, sweets, dishes and medicinal food. It has the effect of treating vomiting blood, hemostasis, diarrhea, diarrhea and other effects, and can cure diseases.
The white cream on the surface of the cake, called persimmon cream, contains manol dew, sucrose, glucose and fruit essence, which can cure dry throat pain, mouth and tongue sores, tracheitis and other symptoms; the frosted sugar made of persimmon cream is a good product for both food and medicine.
Persimmon can lower the gas and reduce the reverse; persimmon cake moxibustion charcoal can cure blood in the stool; Zhuangli "He'er cake" food is strong and bone-strengthening, fitness heart, beneficial metabolism, enhance resistance to disease, is to promote children's development, the elderly prolong life of the best fruit.
Other products of persimmons
In addition to being processed into persimmon cakes, it can also be deeply processed into persimmon leaf tea, persimmon vinegar, persimmon juice and other products.
Persimmon leaf tea
Persimmon vinegar
Persimmon juice
Keep growing
In recent years, the Zhuangli Experimental Zone has vigorously promoted the development of characteristic color production, giving full play to the brand advantages of "Zhuangli He'er Cake", with a persimmon planting area of 23,000 mu, an annual output of more than 12,000 tons of fresh persimmons, more than 3,000 tons of processed persimmon cakes, and an annual output value of 90 million yuan. The pilot zone introduced leading enterprises such as Dazhuang Modern Agriculture, Imperial Products, Drunken American Agricultural Products, New Farmers' E-commerce, Tenggu Modern Agriculture, etc.; held large-scale activities such as the "Persimmon Festival"; distributed more than 1 million saplings free of charge this winter, and built more than 20,000 mu of gardens; and set up a persimmon technical service team to provide technical support at any time; thus realizing large-scale planting, standardized processing, and brand marketing of persimmons, and effectively promoting the great development of the persimmon industry.
Persimmon Festival
Persimmons are planted in large quantities
Every festive season, family reunion, relatives and friends gathering, the host always has to bring a large plate of cakes, brew a pot of tea, while letting relatives and friends taste this unique flavor, while relishing the story of Brother Jin and Yumei to eliminate harm for the people, not only to add a little warmth to the happy festival, but also to add a little affection to relatives and friends.