老派爷叔
Abstract: The cake group is also a favorite snack of Shanghai people. Among the dazzling varieties of cake group, the sticky, sweet and fragrant sticky cake can definitely be the favorite of Shanghai people. The top three cake dumplings, and they are also the most representative of the characteristics of Shanghai cake dumplings.
The cake group is also a favorite snack of Shanghai people. Among the dazzling varieties of cake group, the sticky, sweet and fragrant sticky cake is definitely the most favorite cake of Shanghai people. The top three in the group, and it is also the most representative of the characteristics of Shanghai cake group.
Tiaotou cake, as the name implies, is a thin strip of cake. Suzhou cake dumplings are a major feature in the south of the Yangtze River. Shanghai is adjacent to Suzhou. In the early years, many Suzhou people also immigrated to Shanghai, so it is natural to bring Suzhou cake dumplings to Shanghai. Of course, Su-style cake dumplings will also undergo some improvements when they arrive in Shanghai to become a cake dumpling with Shanghai style characteristics. Tiaotou cake is the most typical.
The outer skin of Tiaotou Cake is made of glutinous rice flour and orange flour-the orange flour is actually raw starch. The wheat flour is combined into a dough and washed directly in water until the volume of the dough no longer shrinks. The dough is gluten, and the water used to wash the dough is allowed to settle. When the turbidity separates, the upper layer of water is poured out. The viscous substance underneath is dried or dried to become a clear powder. Some people think it is sticky rice noodles, which is wrong. Add sugar, oil, and water to the glutinous rice flour and orange flour, mix well, and steam until cooked. Only when glutinous rice flour and orange flour are mixed according to a certain ratio, usually 5:1, the outer skin will be waxy and not rotten, soft but without losing the elasticity. After steaming and cooling, spread the outer skin, and then spread the red bean paste on the outer skin of glutinous rice flour, roll it around, pinch tightly, cut into long strips, and finally sprinkle with sweet-scented osmanthus.
Because it uses red bean paste as the filling, it is also called "Xinsha Toutiao Cake"; and because the sugar osmanthus sprinkled at the end is the finishing touch to Tixiang, it is also called "Osmanthus Jumping Cake" .
In terms of color, the outer skin of glutinous rice flour is snow-white and even a little translucent, and you can faintly see the deep red or black filling under the outer skin. The cut on the top of the strip can clearly see the depth. The filling is red or black, and there are dots of golden osmanthus on the outer skin. The color is elegant but extremely tempting.
Tiaotou cake is characterized by sweet and sweet glutinous fragrant, especially "glutinous" is the most exquisite, it is difficult to describe in words, and it is a mixture of glutinous rice flour crust and bean paste filling two soft glutinous, but there are differences, glutinous rice The waxy powder is smoother, and the waxy bean paste is more dense.
Sweet is mainly from bean paste filling, which is sweet but not greasy, soft but not dry. Since the outer skin of glutinous rice flour is made with sugar, it also has a slight sweetness, which complements the sweetness of the filling, and the sweetness is more layered. The upgraded version of the filling is made of black puff pastry, which is a filling made of lard and sesame powder, which has a stronger aroma and a softer taste. The aroma of
is the delicate fragrance of the glutinous rice flour skin, the lard and sesame fragrance in the bean paste filling (or black foreign pastry), plus the unique long and freshness of osmanthus, the combination of several fragrances gives a unique taste.
And sweet and glutinous is exactly the favorite flavor of Shanghai people. Tiaotou Gao brings together these three advantages, it can be said to be excellent in color and fragrance, and it can be not only breakfast, but also afternoon tea snacks. It can also be a midnight snack, and it has naturally become one of Shanghai's favorite cake groups. Many celebrities are also loyal fans of Tiaotou Gao. Lu Xun liked to stay up late to write, and "Robber brand cigarettes and Tiaotou Gao, these two items are his must-haves every night." Xia Yan also said in "Lazy Searching for the Old Dreams": "At that time, the school could order snacks from the school officers, such as tiaotou cakes, mochi and so on." It can be seen that in the 1930s, Tiaotou Gao was already a popular snack in Shanghai.
There are also many shops on the beach that do well in Tiaotou Gao, and the old-fashioned Tiaotou Gao is basically good at it. It is said that Qiao Jiazha, which was founded in the first year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1909), was the first to launch Tiaotou Cake, and Shen Dacheng, which was founded in the 6th year of Guangxu (1880), was famous for its cakes, and Tiaotou Cake was the main signature variety. . In addition, there is the Dafugui Restaurant, which was founded in the seventh year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1881). Although it is a restaurant based on local dishes, Tiaotou Gao is also famous in Shanghai.
For the Shanghainese, the firstThe imprint of the cake is too deep, and it is often easy to refer to something in life. Therefore, the element of the cake appears in many slang terms. For example, "Tiaotou cake room type" means one room and one room. The straight suite in the hall is as long and slender as Tiaotou Gao, and very vivid; and if the figure is "Tiaotou Kuo", it is a thin and long slender figure without curves; another example is "writing a Tiaotou Gao". That means writing articles listing one, two, three, and four, and subdividing them into ABCD under each big bar. It's like a bar top cake sold in a store, which is arranged neatly. In Shanghai dialect, the most classic element of using Tiaotou Gao must be "clockwork head", which usually refers to commanding orders from a high position, which is derived from the official article of "Tiaotou Gao" style. For the Shanghainese, these slang slang words must be understood in seconds.
No kind of cake group has penetrated into Shanghai people's life like this, so Tiaotou cake represents Shanghai-style cake group, which can even be said to represent the characteristics of Shanghai people, which is not exaggerated.
(The picture in this article comes from the Internet)
