The micro-businessmen in the editor's circle of friends are really hardworking. They started selling all kinds of moon cakes as early as a month ago- Soviet-style mooncakes and Cantonese-style mooncakes are the most popular.
was originally just a brush, because moon cakes are not my favorite. As a result, Baidu knew on a whim that the mooncake industry has always had the saying "Southern Guangbei and Northern Jin".
Then why do my Shanxi moon cakes have no sense of existence in the arena? !
Especially in recent years, outrageous combinations such as Fengyou essence moon cakes, coriander moon cakes, ginseng moon cakes, preserved egg moon cakes have emerged one after another. People's curiosity has also made businesses earn a lot of money-
can't eat moon cakes well. NS?
So the editor decided to take stock of moon cakes from all over Shanxi and take a good look at the taste of our hometown.
Xiangning hollow mooncake
hollow mooncake is a traditional famous food of in Xiangning County.
First of all, we are very particular about making noodles. In addition to water, we need to add cooked oil and eggs to ensure that the baked mooncakes are crispy and delicious.
The fillings are mainly white sugar or brown sugar, sesame seeds, peanut kernels, walnut kernels, almonds, jujube puree, roses, green red silk and so on. Sugar should be mixed with noodles to make aggregates, with sesame and peanuts as auxiliary materials.
When filling, the filling is full and the pie is solid.
However, the filling contains a lot of sugar. After the next step of baking, the sugar melts and decreases in volume. It becomes a paste and sticks to both sides of the inner wall of the moon cake, forming a hollow.
Datong Mixed Sugar Mooncake
Datong Mixed Sugar Mooncake is unique in that it is without fillings, which is different from any mooncake in China.
Mixed sugar moon cakes with white flour, flax oil and sugar (brown sugar,White sugar or rock sugar can be used as the main ingredient, and the ratio is generally 10 kilograms of flour, 3 kilograms of oil, and 3 kilograms of sugar.
Cook the oil in a large pot, dissolve sugar and noodles, add a little soda powder, and alkaline noodles. Usually make 2 two large noodles , topped with sesame seeds, and bake in the oven.
The sugar-mixed mooncakes are soft and sweet. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, every household will make their own sugar-mixed mooncakes as a must-have for the festival.
Jin-style playing with moon cakes
Moon cakes can be used not only to eat, but also as toys. This is Jiaocheng County , Wenshui County and Qi County, which are widely spread in Jin-style moon cakes.
The main feature of this moon cake is that it can be filled with or without fillings. The fillings can only be filled with salty flavor, usually made of cumin, white sesame, and a small amount of salt to prevent children from overflowing the fillings when playing.
Yangquan peach kernel mooncake
Yuxian people marched outside, bringing back the round cake skills of the Central Plains, using Yuxian's local raw materials and foreign production techniques to bake different flavors. Better and more fragrant cakes-peach kernel moon cakes.
Peach kernel moon cakes are made with local dry wheat noodles, flax oil from the western high cold Pingchuan, and walnut kernels from Taihang Mountains , using local charcoal, firewood and traditional recipes, and baked in a buckle stove, a high stove, and a wood stove .
Qixian Snow Lotus Pastry
In the TV series " 乔家大院", Qiao Zhiyong and the people in the Qiao Family Courtyard love to eat the best pastry-"Qiaojia Snow Lotus Pastry" .
This pastry concentrates the essence of Kyushu South Fruit and North Kernel,At that time, Qiao’s local businesses enshrined the special cakes of Qiao’s house every year, and Qiao Zhiyong sent them to the "Shishenglou" pastry shop, so that the pastry chefs could learn from others.
Cixi tasted it at Qiao's house and was full of praise and became a tribute to the Qing palace.
"Snow lotus cake" is shaped like snow lotus, looks elegant and noble; after baking, the color is white as snow and jade, the taste is loose, the aftertaste is endless, neither sweet nor greasy, suitable for all ages.
Jin-style pulping moon cakes
The making of pulping moon cakes began in the Tang Dynasty and first appeared in Taiyuan.
On the night of the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar calendar in the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1900), Empress Dowager Cixi came to Taiyuan, and the governor came to offer Jin-style refined mooncakes to enjoy the mouthful of Empress Dowager Cixi. This spread.
The so-called pulp extraction is sugar syrup, which is made by mixing simple flour, syrup, sesame oil, etc. It is the key to the success or failure of pulping mooncakes. It directly affects the color of the mooncake skin. If it is too thick, the skin will be burnt and too thin The dough is not easy to stain.
Shenchi Mooncake
Shenchi Mooncake is a traditional specialty of Shenchi County Mid-Autumn Festival. It is famous for its fragrant fresh and crisp sweetness Xinzhou and even the whole Shanxi.
Mooncakes are made with local specialty flax oil, fine white noodles, and sugar as the main ingredients, with roses, green red silk, walnuts, peanuts, raisins, sesame, etc. as auxiliary materials, and are refined with traditional recipes and modern techniques.
Sweet but not greasy, crisp but not scattered, and not rancid for a long time.
Guodulin mooncakes
According to folk reputation and related written materials, Taiyuan Guodulin mooncakes originated in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and have a history of more than 300 years.
Its mooncake making skills are the most important thing, and it pays attention to weakening the face strength and controlling the face temperature.
Use "notoginseng water" to mix the noodles, keep the noodle temperature at 60 to 70 degrees Celsius, while adding oil and sugar into the noodles;
The yeast noodles are combined with the hot noodles to control the gluten of the noodles and ensure the crispness of the finished product;
When steaming noodles, first spread hemp paper on the bottom of the cage, and then spread the noodles, poke the noodles to pass the steam evenly, steam for about an hour, the hot noodles will become agglomerates, the gas will radiate, and then steam;
The inheritor summed up a kneading technique called "yin and yang hands", and the hands always work in a certain direction;
also summed up a kneading technique that integrates pressing, kneading and pushing, commonly known as "Tai Chi hand".
Kneading noodles requires a skilled hand and a keen understanding. The entire noodle-making process constitutes one of the double-synthetic Guo Dulin moon cake making skills.
Changzhi egg-skin moon cakes
egg-skin moon cakes, also called soft moon cakes.
Because "Eggskin Mooncake" is made with eggs as the main skin material, the baking process requires a professional mooncake mold, because the mooncake will expand and become loose during the baking process, which is the most significant feature of this mooncake.
After baking, the skin is golden yellow and the taste is soft, which is similar to cake. It is an improved product among moon cakes.
Jincheng sesame oil mooncakes
Jincheng traditionally made sesame oil and sugar mooncakes are very elegant, golden on the surface, reddish-brown at the bottom, creamy white on the wall, uniform fire color, and the skin has egg liquid and grease luster;
, The filling is oily and delicate, not sticky, has a delicate smell and no peculiar smell;
Seen from the shape, the block shape is round, uniform in thickness, clear pattern, beautiful pattern, no cracks on the surface, and no filling.
Sugar-lifting moon cakes insist on using small grinding sesame oil, and never use the large oil that most moon cakes on the market can’t do without. Because Jincheng people have a habit: to worship "God" you must use sesame oil, and the same is true for "Yue Grandma".
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, every household in Duanhe Village, Nanling Township, Zezhou County will make a set of five earthen moon cakes.The locals call it "Reunion", which is divided into "Great Reunion", "Second Reunion" and "Three Reunion" according to the size. It means family reunion during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After counting so many, it is not difficult to find that Jin-style moon cakes and Shanxi pasta have very similar characteristics-
Shanxi pasta is famous for the types of flour and the shape produced, and the toppings are relatively simple;
The same is true for Jin-style mooncakes, where more efforts are made on the dough, and the fillings are similar.
This is caused by the location factors of Shanxi in a period of inconvenient transportation.
However, the skillful Shanxi people have created infinite possibilities under limited conditions. Therefore, I hope that friends, try Jin-style moon cakes, and perhaps open the door to a new world!
Please also own the coriander, ginseng, crayfish, and preserved eggs. Don't mix mooncakes.
Reference materials:
[1] bilibili video: "North-South War: The Shanxi Mooncake Team officially applied for the battle! 》
[2] Huanghe News Network Lvliang Channel "Visual Linfen: Hollow Mooncakes in Rural Township"
[3] Huixin Heyun's Sina Weibo "Shanxi: Traditional Mooncakes without Stuffing with a Long History" ——Datong Mixed Sugar Mooncakes"
[4] Huixin Heyun's Sina Weibo "Jin-style playing moon cakes-Sanjin's unique Mid-Autumn Festival moon cake toys for children"
[5] Yangquan Film and Television 抿圪斗"Yangquan Intangible Heritage-Yuxian Peach Kernel Mooncakes"
[6] Sina Weibo that I came from when I walked in the snow "Rescued Pastries-Snow Lotus Cakes from Qiao's Courtyard"
[7] Baidu Encyclopedia "Jin" "Mooncake" entry
[8] Baidu Encyclopedia "Shenchi Mooncake" entry
[9] Baidu Encyclopedia "Guo Dulin Mooncake" entry
[10] Baijiahao "Eggskin Mooncake Recipe" And technological process"
[11] "How much do you know about these Mid-Autumn Festival customs in Jincheng?" 》
[12] The pictures are all from Baidu, thanks,Invasion! !
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