Shandong Zhoucun baked cake, is a pasta dish, because it is produced in Zhoucun District, Zibo City, Shandong Province, named after the Han Dynasty, into the late Qing Dynasty, is one of the famous specialties of Shandong Province. Refined from the traditional craftsmanship of Shandong Province, it is a pure handmade product, with, crisp, fragrant, thin and crisp. Four characteristics. Its shape is round and yellow, the front is covered with sesame seeds, and the back is lined with puff pastry holes, thin like poplar leaves, and the crispness is abnormal. The entrance is chewed that is broken, fragrant stomach, if you lose your hand, it will all become fragments, commonly known as "Shandong Guara leaf roast cake" Shandong Zhoucun roast cake with wheat, white sugar, sesame as raw materials, made by traditional technology, after making, as thin as autumn leaves, shaped like a full moon, falling beads scattered jade crushed, the entrance aftertaste is endless.!
Food history
Shandong Zhoucun baked cake originated from the Hu cake of the Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xi explained in the book "Interpretation of Names" that "cake" and also poured noodles to make the merger also, ""溲" is the meaning of soaking, and noodles,
Da Man Miao refers to the shape of large and flat, Hu Ma, that is, sesame seeds, according to legend, Zhang Qian was planted in the Western Regions, hence the name. Therefore, from the raw point of view, the hu cake is a dough cake covered with sesame seeds, which is the same as the hanging oven baked cake.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhoucun Jia Chamber of Commerce in Shandong Province gathered, and various Shandong snacks should be born from time to time. A baking equipment called a hu cake oven was introduced to The masters of the restaurant in Zhoucun, Shandong Province
According to the characteristics of the thin and crispy cake, using the method of baking the hu cake with the sticker, the Shandong big shortbread was created, the sixth year of the Qing Dynasty Guangxu (1880), Shandong Zhoucun Guo surname baked cake old shop "Shandong Polymer Zhai" on the baked cake production process painstakingly developed, several improvements, so that Shandong Zhoucun baked cake with a new look, unique flavor appeared, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, "Shandong Juzhai " Guo surname descendants with the recipe and production skills of the big shortbread joined the state-owned Shandong Zhoucun Food Factory. In 1979, the big shortbread "Shandong Zhoucun" was registered as a trademark and officially named "Shandong Zhoucun Brand" Shandong Zhoucun Baked Cake.
Food preparation
Main ingredients
Small flour, sesame seeds, white sugar, etc
1. First, the water and noodles are hair-grown, and then divided into finger-sized agents, which are kneaded and processed on the board to increase the toughness and extension.
2. Then put the spherical agent in the extension plate, and dip the water with your hand to form a round and thin raw cake,
3. After waterlogging, peeling, sautéing the sesame seeds, then attached to the tweezer in the oven, it can be baked in a few minutes.
Food specialties
Shandong Zhoucun baked cake, round and yellow in appearance, the front is covered with sesame seeds, the back is listed with crisp holes, thin like poplar leaves, pick up a stack, there is a sound of banging, like poplar in the wind. When you eat it, the mouth is crushed as soon as it is chewed, the aroma is full of mouth, the crispness is abnormal, and it is not greasy for a long time, if it falls to the ground, it will all become fragments.
Value efficacy
Flour is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and other minerals, has the effect of nourishing the heart and kidneys, strengthening the spleen and thick intestines, removing heat and quenching thirst.
White sugar is rich in sucrose and water, has the effect of moisturizing the lungs, shengjin, quenching thirst, and benefiting the lungs, soothing lung qi, nourishing yin, flavoring, in addition, Chinese medicine will li total white sugar as a role in promoting wound healing. It is used to treat wounds that have not healed for a long time.
Sesame seeds contain a lot of fat, protein and vitamin E, sweet taste, flat sex, into the liver, kidneys, lungs, spleen meridians. There are blood tonic eyesight, dispel wind and moisturize the intestines, raw jin through milk, beneficial liver and hair, strong body, anti-dizziness tinnitus, hypertension, high blood lipids, coughing up the body is weak, early graying of hair, anemia and yellowing, insufficient fluid, and other symptoms.
