Barr sauce refers to the proportion of sesame sauce, 20% sesame and 80% peanut, commonly known as Barr sauce. And notoginseng sauce, which means the same thing. Because the proportion of peanut butter in the sauce is relatively large, the peanut flavor in sesame sauce is relatively strong. Now it's called 50-50 sauce, that is, the ratio of sesame sauce to peanut butter is 50/50. Baer sauce is a very distinctive and authentic food in old Beijing Hutong.
The production method of Baer sauce: the ratio of peanut butter to sesame sauce is 2: 8, that is, 2 parts of peanut butter and 8 parts of sesame sauce are evenly mixed, and then "feed water" is added and stirred. The formula of feed water is: aniseed, cinnamon, fragrant leaves and fennel, boiled in water and boiled for a few minutes. Then wait for the temperature to drop, then slowly pour it into the Barr sauce prepared above and stir it in one direction until it reaches a satisfactory thin consistency. The sesame paste made by this method is more fragrant and delicious.