Dragon whisker puff pastry is a specialty of Wuyi, a sugar block tissue as thin as a hair, with clear layers, pure aroma, sweet and delicious, which is the childhood memory of many people. Recently, the reporter came to Wuyi County Huiteng Food Co., Ltd. to visit the production process of dragon whisker puff pastry.
Dragon's whisker puff pastry is a snack and pastry loved by ancient emperors and courtiers, and it is rumored to have a history of 2,000 years. According to legend, when the Zhengde Emperor traveled to the people, he found that the folk had sugar with such a special taste and appearance, which was called "silver silk sugar" at that time, so he ordered it to be brought back to the palace and named it "Dragon Whisker Crisp". Later, this food was introduced to the people, and the people called it "Emperor's Dim Sum".
Pei Chaohui is the head of Wuyi County Huiteng Food Co., Ltd., a native of Dongguanzhuang Village, Zhenpo Town, Wuyi County, and is a local expert in making dragon whiskers. When the reporter met Pei Chaohui, he was making dragon whisker puff pastry. "In addition to the unique taste of the dragon's whisker puff pastry, its production process is even more exquisite." Pei Chaohui said. I saw him first put maltose and white sugar into a small basin to boil, and then sauté the soybeans and grind them into a powder. When the sugar is boiled to a certain temperature, take out the soft maltose, put it on the board and rub it repeatedly to keep it tough, knead the sugar cube into a circle, and repeatedly pull it in the soybean flour while it is hot, pulling it more and more finely. Maltose flew over his hand, stretching until it was like a hair filament, and then rolling, tidying, and swinging, its movement was like a flowing stream, and the dragon whisker crisp produced was also silky and snow-white.
Pei Chaohui handed the reporter a freshly made dragon whisker crisp, took a bite, and the taste was excellent. The dragon's whisker pastry is silky in the mouth, the aroma of maltose is mixed with soybean noodles, and after a slight sip, it will slowly dissolve, and then it will seep out the sweetness of the dragon's whisker crisp layer by layer, and this unique taste will instantly melt into every cell of the body. The transformation of sugar makes people feel happy, and the feeling and taste are really wonderful.
"Making dragon whisker puff pastry is a craft, and at present I am constantly innovating the product, trying to make a richer variety of dragon whisker puff pastry, and at the same time, I have successively received more than 400 students from all over the country, in order to let more people taste this delicious taste and retrieve childhood memories." Pei Chaohui said frankly.