There is a kind of baklava in Huangqiao Town, Taixing, Jiangsu Province, which is called Huangqiao baklava. This kind of baklava is made of shortening and flour, and there is also a filling, which is made of ham or lard, etc. The baklava is baked in a cylinder oven, which is crispy and charred. Once baked in a jar oven, the biscuits are crispy, burnt, fragrant, and very tasty. This kind of baklava is only available in this one place.

The origin of Huangqiao baklava

Huangqiao baklava is produced in the town of Huangqiao in northern Jiangsu Province, and the reason why it is famous is closely related to the famous Huangqiao Battle. Under the direct command of Chen Yi, Su Yu and other direct command of the Battle of Huangqiao, Huangqiao Town, 12 farmers mill, 60 bakery furnace, day and night to do bakery. Outside the town was in flames, the town fire red, the local people braved enemy fire to the front line positions of the baklava, writing a song of the military love people, the people support the army's magnificent song. After a lapse of more than 30 years, that is, in May 1975, General Su Yu returned to Huangqiao, Huangqiao people still Huangqiao bakery hospitality, he held the bakery, excitedly encouraging everyone to say: "from the Huangqiao bakery we see the people and the people of the fish and water love, we must continue to play the revolutionary tradition, strive for greater glory."

Ancient burrito, the production and use of fine. According to "with the country's food list" said, the production of baklava is: "with pine nuts, walnut kernel cracked, plus icing sugar crumbs, fat and oil and surface sizzling." Huangqiao baklava absorbed the ancient baklava production method, maintaining the sweet and sweet two sides of the yellow, outside the sesame inside the rubbing of the traditional characteristics of this, has been from the general "rubbing the cake", "hemp cake", "crispy baklava It has developed from general varieties such as "crispy cake", "hemp cake" and "crispy cake" to more than ten varieties with different fillings such as green onion oil, meat floss, diced chicken, sausage, sugar, orange cake, osmanthus, fine sand and other exquisite varieties. Huangqiao Siu Cake, either salty or sweet, salty with diced pork, meat floss, ham, shrimp, spices and other fillings. Siu cake out of the oven, the color is crab shell red, not burnt, not paste, not raw. 1983 was named "Jiangsu Province famous special food".

Now the famous national snack "Huangqiao baklava" although named after the famous battle "Huangqiao duel" 65 years ago, but the content has been completely different. 65 years ago, when the army is far from the famous Huangqiao baklava. Huangqiao baklava" is not as elaborate as the current famous food - "Huangqiao baklava", then the Huangqiao baklava is just a simple wine-fermented flour cakes, flour fermented with wine, and then add a little oil on the stove, baked over a small fire into a charred brown on both sides that is, the shape of an inverted small face basin. Now the Huangqiao baklava only palm size, thickness of only half an inch, the most outside is a thick layer of burnt sesame seeds, round, golden, looks like a delicate delicate crafts, of course, the content of that is more 65 years ago, the blood of the generals would not dare to think of it. 65 years ago, the Huangqiao baklava inside but what is the stuffing is not, simply in the face inside and a little bit of sugar on it has already been considered the best of the baklava. The main filling of Huangqiao baklava is now meat pine, ham, shrimp, onion oil, chicken, sausage, etc. plus lard, scallions and noodles and fillings, baked in a temperature-controlled electric oven, the baklava outside the yellow and soft, the color of the crab shells red, not burnt, not mushy, not oily, not greasy, bite, the aroma of all over the place, scallion oil flowed all over the corners of the mouth.

In 1975, General Su Yu had returned to Huangqiao, Huangqiao people still with Huangqiao bakery hospitality, he held the bakery, emotionally, excitedly encouraging everyone to say: "from the Huangqiao bakery we see the people and the military of the fish and water love, we have to continue to play the revolutionary traditions, strive for greater glory." In fact, he then ate the Huangqiao baklava has been 30 years ago to support the army when the Huangqiao baklava is very different, used to entertain General Su Yu's Huangqiao baklava is improved meat floss burned, improved two aspects, one aspect is the shape of the original as large as a basin shrunk to the size of the palm of your hand; the other aspect is the filling, from the original no filling changed to a filling, but the filling is mainly meat floss and direct sugar salty and sweet The other aspect is the filling, which has been changed from no filling to one. Because of the charcoal oven used to bake the biscuits, the baking fire is entirely by hand, the biscuits sometimes baked for a long time and blackened, so Huangqiao biscuits, although famous, tasty, but has been very difficult to reach the hall of fame. 65 years later, Huangqiao biscuits because of the fluffy and crispy, sweet and tasty was named "Jiangsu Province, famous food" and mass production, not only thanks to technological progress, but also to the development of the Huangqiao biscuits. Not only thanks to the progress of science and technology, because the temperature-controlled oven so that the appearance and quality of Huangqiao baklava has been guaranteed, but also from the old region of the people are brave to explore, dare to innovate the courage and wisdom of the smart Huangqiao Huangqiao baklava from the previous single "rubbing the cake", "hemp cakes ", "crispy cakes" and other road varieties, the development of ham, shrimp, onion oil, chicken, sausage, orange cake, cinnamon, fine sand and other fillings of more than a dozen different varieties of fancy, or salty or sweet, or fresh or spicy, no matter what kind of temperament you are, as long as you're willing to taste, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, salty, and so on. If you are willing to taste it, you will always find a flavor that suits you.

Practice 2

Main ingredient: flour

Accessories: fat meat, meat floss, square ham, scallions

Seasoning: salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, pepper, sesame oil, lard

Cooking method:

1, take the right amount of flour, and lard and into the shortening, and then take the right amount of flour, adding lard, sugar, and cool water and into a dough, and then Add water and tie into a slightly soft dough, repeated wrestling wake up for a moment;

2, fat meat, add meat floss, ham grain, chopped green onion, salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, sesame oil, pepper and mix well and into the filling;

3, and a good shortening and oil noodles according to the ratio of 3:5 folded up into a dough, flattened and rolled out, rolled into a roll and then flattened, cut into evenly sized dosage, wrapped in the filling into a cake, brush the surface with a layer of egg wash, and then dip into the cake, and the surface of the cake. Brush the surface with a layer of egg wash, then dip the sesame seeds, put a little oil in the pan, sesame seeds face down, fry until golden brown on both sides.

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