Although the living conditions are superior now, all kinds of delicious food are dazzling and colorful. When it comes to pomelo peel brewing, people will think of pomelo. Shatian pomelo in Rongxian County is the most famous pomelo in China.
Shatian pomelo is a specialty of Rongxian County. Shatian pomelo is known as "canned natural fruit" because of its big size, crisp flesh and sweet honey. Shatian pomelo is full of treasures, not only the flesh can be eaten, but also the peel is very useful. Besides making grapefruit shampoo, citron tea and grapefruit peel candy, it can also be made into a dish-grapefruit peel wine.
Pomelo peel wine is a delicious and high-grade home-cooked dish in Rongxian County. Almost everyone likes it regardless of age and object. However, because it takes a lot of effort to make pomelo wine, many people are used to eating it but don't like to make it by themselves. In fact, it is not difficult to make pomelo peel wine, but it can be transformed into a delicious food after several processes in the production process, which makes people want to eat and has a long aftertaste.
When I was a child, I liked to wait for my father to make grapefruit peel. In my impression, I had a great appetite for the meal of pomelo peel, which was very enjoyable and delicious. The summer before I entered the university, I tried to cook this dish by myself. Although I enjoy the sense of accomplishment after the birth of this dish, it always doesn't taste like my father's drooling when he thinks about it.
Dad once taught me that to make delicious pomelo peel, the production method is very particular and the selection of materials is very important. Divide the whole grapefruit skin into four and a half parts, then remove the outermost skin (leaving the white layer) of the grapefruit, and then cut each petal into pieces half the size of a palm. Cut off the yellow surface of pomelo peel bit by bit with a knife, then cut it into triangles with uniform size, and then cut it on both sides of the triangle (generally,
After all the treatment, the immediate thing to do is to boil a pot of boiling water, blanch the cut grapefruit skin in the pot, and rub the grapefruit skin repeatedly with both hands while it is hot until the grapefruit skin is rubbed like a sponge. At this time, the water in the basin is muddy yellow and bitter. The purpose of hot water rubbing is to drive away bitterness. However, this alone is not enough, you have to add water bubbles. You have to rub it at regular intervals, then change the water, rub it once and soak it again. After repeating it three or four times, you can't soak in yellow water or try licking it without bitterness. Of course, some people like bitter things, saying that they can dispel the wind, and they can directly brew meat stuffing with cooked grapefruit peel.
As for stuffing, pork, leek, soy sauce, fermented bean curd and a little sugar and salt are the most common fillings. After mixing evenly, you can start "brewing". I like to mix pork belly, leek and chopped fried peanuts for stuffing. The umami flavor of meat mixed with the fried fragrance of broken flowers often makes me unforgettable. Of course, what kind of stuffing to use is a personal preference. Some people like celery, mushrooms and pork stuffing, while others like glutinous rice, pork and carrots stuffing. But I think, no matter what stuffing, it can be perfectly combined with pomelo peel and tastes delicious. In order to remove the fishy smell of pork, you can add a little dried tangerine peel powder, two drops of cooking wine, a proper amount of soy sauce, peanut oil and salt to the meat stuffing, and then you can start "brewing" after stirring evenly.
This so-called "brewing" is to put the stuffing into the small mouth of the pre-cut pomelo peel, patiently fill each piece of white pomelo peel with fresh and fragrant meat, and let it swell up, like a victorious general, with a big belly and one by one into the pot. After all the pomelo peels are brewed, add a proper amount of water into the pot, then boil them on high fire for about 10 minutes, and then simmer them on low fire for a quarter of an hour, and the delicious pomelo peels can be freshly baked. Of course, there are other ways. For example, you can fry grapefruit skin in a pot first, and then add other seasonings to stir fry. Different practices have different tastes, depending on personal preferences.
The pomelo peel brewed in your mouth is a little soft, but a little tough, smooth and delicious, and it keeps the original skin fragrance of Shatian pomelo, which is very special and delicious. Every year, the first first frost Festival is the season of grapefruit ripening and harvesting. Rongxian is the origin of Shatian pomelo. People in Rongxian always like to eat Shatian pomelo, and pomelo in Rongxian is the most popular. I think it's equivalent to eating the taste of my hometown for people in Rongxian County. After graduating from college, I will also develop several special dishes in my hometown, so that my parents can enjoy endless food and have a family reunion.