Honey Three Knives Introduction:
Honey three knives is one of the traditional flavor snacks of the Han people in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, originated in the Northern Song Dynasty Xuzhou Zhizhou Su Dongpo, the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty passed through Xuzhou three times in the south of the Jiangnan, after eating the honey three knives LongYan Dayue, the royal pen handwriting "Xuzhou a must, King Ding Gong", so that the honey three knives officially became the royal point of the court, and was improved, becoming the current Beijing famous snack. It has the characteristics of bright and non-stick pulp, sweet and soft taste, and strong sesame flavor.
According to legend, during the Northern Song Dynasty, when Su Dongpo was serving as Zhizhou in Xuzhou, he had a close past with the hermit Zhang Shanren on Yunlong Mountain, and often met with poetry and wine. One day, Su Dongpo and Zhang Shanren drank and wrote poems on the crane pavilion, Su Dongpo drew a newly obtained treasure knife, tested the knife on the bluestone next to the well bar of the drinking crane spring, and slashed three times in a row, leaving three deep knife marks on the big bluestone, Su Dongpo was very happy. At this time, the attendant sent tea pastries, there is a newly made honey cake is very delicious, but there is no name yet, friends asked Su Dongpo to name the dim sum, he saw that there are also three floating knife marks on the surface of the pastry, casually replied: "Honey three knives are also." ”
Later, by Su Dongpo personally named the "honey three knives" famous for a while, Xuzhou city tea shops, pastry shops scrambling to make, after hundreds of years of circulation, Xuzhou honey three knives recipe process has reached the realm of pure fire, about Xuzhou people out of reverence for Su Dongpo's sake, so the Xuzhou honey three knives also have a special love, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor three times the south of the river passing through Xuzhou, named Xuzhou Fu Ya sent people to the century-old shop "Taikang" that is today's Xuzhou Taikang Huimin food store made of imperial meal honey three knives, Legend has it that after the Qianlong Emperor ate the three swords of honey, the "Longyan Dayue" imperial pen handwriting "Xuzhou is a must, King Ding Tribute". In Shandong Qingzhou, Boshan and other areas is also known as "honey food", with the long-established "Longsheng", "Jingdedong" made the most popular.
material:
Dough: Medium flour 385 g Oil 42 g Maltose 150 g Water 102 g Aluminum-free baking powder 1/2 spoonful of white sesame seeds to taste
Syrup: maltose 115 g Sugar 90 g water 15 g
method:
1. Mix medium flour 35 g, oil 7 g and water 17 g, knead into a white dough and relax for 15 minutes.
2. Mix medium flour 350 g, maltose 150 g, oil 35 g, water 85 g and baking powder, knead into a sugar puff pastry dough and relax for 15 minutes
3. Roll out the loose leather into square flakes.
4. Roll out the sugar puff pastry into a square the size of the crust.
5. Brush the skin with a thin layer of water, glue the sugar puff pastry on the white skin, and roll out into about 6 or 7 mm thick slices.
6. Cut the dough into a regular square.
7. Cut into rectangular cubes that are 2 cm long and 3 cm wide.
8. Each square is cut three times on top of the sugar puff pastry, do not scratch through.
9. Put the syrup ingredients into a small pot and heat until a thick foam appears.
10. Put the finished honey three-knife noodles into the oil pan and fry over low heat.
11. Put the fried noodles in oil and put them into the hot syrup and wrap the syrup evenly.
12. Remove the honey from the syrup with three knives and sprinkle with sesame seeds to cool.