Date paste and yam cake
Overview
Date paste and yam cake is a delicacy in "A Dream of Red Mansions" and was a tonic taken by Qin Keqing when he was ill. Date mud and yam cake is easy to digest and tastes sweet. Red dates can replenish qi and blood, and yam can strengthen the spleen and stomach. It is a good nourishing snack for people with diseases like Keqing. I tried making it according to the recipe today. It is simple, easy to make, nourishing and healthy, low in sugar and oil. It seems that I will have to work harder on the traditional mid-point in the future! The yam asked the vegetable seller, and he recommended the iron bar yam, saying it was steamed. Indeed! I made the jujube paste in advance, but although the dates are fragrant, the yield of the jujube paste is low, so it takes some effort! Wash the thick-fleshed Hotan jujubes, steam them with a little water, remove the cores and skins, sift them, and stir-fry them with a little salad oil. You can add an appropriate amount of maltose. I generally base this on experience and haven’t weighed it. Those who like jujube paste can search for a recipe and make it themselves.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Prepare materials
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Peel and cut the yam into sections and steam them
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Crush the steamed yam and sift
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Wrap the sifted yam puree with a thick drawer cloth, add a little sugar, and knead it repeatedly like kneading dough
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Kneaded yam dough
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Add an appropriate amount of washed sweet-scented osmanthus to the jujube paste, knead it into a ball, and divide it into equal portions with the yam paste, 20 grams of jujube paste and 30 grams of yam paste (about 13 portions)
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Make pancakes from pureed yam, wrap them in jujube paste, and wrap them up
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Place into a 50g mooncake mold and compact the four sides
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For extrusion molding, lightly dust the mold with some corn flour to make a thin surface to avoid sticking to the mold
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Place on a plate and serve with sugared osmanthus
