On the fifteenth day of the first month of previous years, we would make dumplings or buy some ready-made frozen dumplings. But I don't feel that it tastes as delicious as the thin-skinned and big fillings made by myself!
In fact, making yuanxiao is much easier than making glutinous rice balls. At least it doesn't have to be mixed, and the size is easy to control. When making, you only need to roll the stuffing in the Lantern Festival powder two or three times before you can cook it. Tangyuan needs to be packed one by one, and Yuanxiao can be shaken out a lot at one time. For example, if there are more people in the family, you can use a large basin to shake the Yuanxiao, and if there are fewer people, use a small basin. The Yuanxiao is made using coarse dry glutinous rice flour, so it is relatively resistant to storage. This thicker glutinous rice flour, also called "Yuanxiao Powder", is specially used to make Yuanxiao and is sold in grain stores in Beijing. After shaking the yuanxiao, for example, more glutinous rice flour precipitates in the water. It can be further precipitated and filtered and then used to make rice cakes. If it is too little, it will be unnecessary.
The Lantern Festival I made this time comes with two fillings, Wuren 'er and Hawthorn. The five-kernel stuffing is still the stuffing left over from making mooncakes on August 15 last year. It has been kept in the freezer until it is frozen. Since the stuffing is mainly made of white sugar, and then quick-frozen at minus 20 degrees Celsius, it will not easily deteriorate even if it is left for a year. The hawthorn filling used this time is also very convenient. The old Beijing golden cake is also called hawthorn cake. It is made by mashing it and adding some fried flour and osmanthus sauce. If you like it to be sweeter, you can add some white sugar. This Lantern Festival with Beijing characteristics is made as follows;
Beijing-style Lantern Festival
By ShanelZulauf
Recipe Recommendations
- Five-kernel stuffing 一块 200 grams
- sweetening
- cook
- half an hour
- simple
Steps for Beijing-style Lantern Festival
1
Making hawthorn stuffing: Grasp the hawthorn cake with your hands and break it.
2
Put appropriate amount of osmanthus sauce in it and grasp well.
3
Pour in one-fifth of the fried flour and grasp well.
4
Its sweetness is moderate. If you like it to be sweeter, you can add an appropriate amount of white sugar.
5
Rub the filling one by one by hand to form a meatball shape,(or cut it into a uniform square shape).
6
Pour the Lantern Festival powder into a steel basin, and prepare a basin of clear water for later use.
7
Put the hawthorn filling into the steel wire fence, pass it in a clear basin and remove it immediately.
8
Control the water and then place it into a dry powder basin and shake twice to make the glutinous rice flour soak the filling evenly.
9
Then use your hand to pick out the yuanxiao stained with the first dry powder, place it in the fence, and soak it in the clear basin again.
10
Immediately control the water content and roll the dry powder again, and repeat the operation according to this method for more than three times.
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If you like to eat something with thicker skins, you can operate it again and then place it into a clean plate for later use.
12
The operating procedures for five-kernel fillings are the same as above.
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Boil the water in the pot and add the yuanxiao. Use a spoon to stick to the bottom of the pot and rotate it to push the yuanxiao to prevent it from sticking to the pot.
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After boiling the water again, add appropriate amount of cold water and repeat it three times.
15
Cook the yuanxiao until it comes to the surface of the water and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
16
Remove the cooked Yuanxiao with soup.
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Serve the meal while serving it while it is hot.Beijing-style Lantern Festival Make Tips
Characteristics of Lantern Festival: white and soft glutinous color, thin skin and delicious filling, simple and easy to learn. Warm tips: 1. There are many kinds of fillings. The simplest one is osmanthus white sugar filling. Just use 1 pound of white sugar, add 20 grams of osmanthus sauce, add a proper amount of fried flour and a proper amount of lard, and mix well, and then add green and red silk inside. You can also make black sesame stuffing. You need to beat the fried black sesame seeds with a cooking machine to make them delicate, and then add white sugar and stir-fried flour. 2. If the quantity is large, you can use a large basin and a larger bamboo sieve instead of the fence. When shaking the Lantern Festival, you can put a rolling pin under the basin and slide it back and forth due to the heavy weight. For less than five people in the family, you can use a steel wire fence and a smaller basin. The Beijing-style traditional Yuanxiao is ready, hehe! For friends 'reference!