Huizhou cake

By GrahamCollier

Huizhou cake
Huizhou cake is a traditional snack in Huizhou, Anhui Province. It was originally named jujube paste crispy rice. During the Guangxu period, a Huizhou catering operator made and sold this cake in Yangzhou. It was very popular among eaters, so it was called "Huizhou cake" locally.
Characteristics of Huizhou cakes: golden yellow, oblate round, transparent outer skin, sweet and delicious.

Recipe Recommendations

  • flour appropriate amount
  • Red date slices appropriate amount
  • white sugar appropriate amount
  • sesame oil appropriate amount

Steps for Huizhou cake

  • Make  step 0
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    Prepared materials.
  • Make  step 1
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    Soak dried jujube slices in water, steam and peel.
  • Make  step 2
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    Pour sesame oil into the pan, add white sugar, stir fry over low heat, melt the white sugar, and pour in the peeled jujube slices.
  • Make  step 3
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    Stir fry over low heat until thick, take out and let cool.
  • Make  step 4
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    Pour hot water into the flour and stir constantly with chopsticks.
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    Stir until dough becomes flocculent.
  • Make  step 6
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    One dough is mixed with hot water, and the other dough is mixed with cold water to form smooth dough.
  • Make  step 7
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    Add appropriate amount of flour, add cooked lard and mix well to make crispy noodles.
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    Combine the hot dough and cold water dough together and knead well.
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    Roll out the dough, add the pastry dough and roll it.
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    Roll it into a rectangular thin sheet.
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    Fold them in three folds to make the surface more uniform. This process is repeated three times.
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    Finally roll it into thin slices.
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    Roll it up from the inside out.
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    Cut into evenly divided doses.
  • Make  step 15
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    Squish the ingredients, roll them into a slightly thicker round skin in the middle, add the stuffing and wrap them, closing them down.
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    Brush oil in the pan, brush one side of the cake with sesame oil, and lower the oily side in the pan.
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    Brush the other side with a layer of sesame oil. When one side is browned until slightly yellow, turn over and brownish the other side. Repeat this 4 times, and burn until both sides are flat and transparent, then serve the pan.
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    Just load the plate.