The food cooked by parents is always the most delicious in the hearts of children. Although it is homemade, every detail is full of love and care. As I grow older, I am now studying far away from my hometown. I have not tasted my parents’ kitchen skills for a long time, but I will never forget the taste of home.
Although living conditions are now excellent, all kinds of delicious food are dazzling and colorful. Speaking of stuffed grapefruit peel, people will think of grapefruit. Shatian pomelo in Rong County is the most famous for its number of pomelos across the country.
Shatian pomelo is a specialty of Rong County. Shatian pomelo is large and beautiful in shape, with juicy, crisp and tender flesh, and a sweet honey taste. It is known as the "natural canned" fruit treasure. Shatian pomelo is full of treasures. Not only the pulp is edible, but the peel is also very useful. In addition to being used to make pomelo shampoo, pomelo tea, pomelo peel candy, it can also be made into a dish - stuffed pomelo peel.
Stuffed pomelo peel is a unique, delicious and high-end home dish in Rong County. Regardless of age or target, almost everyone likes to eat it. However, since the production process of grapefruit peel stuffing takes a lot of time, many people are only used to eating it but don't like to make it by themselves. In fact, making stuffed grapefruit peel is not difficult at all. It just requires a few more steps during the production process, and it can be transformed into a delicious delicacy that will make you want to eat it again and have a long aftertaste.
When I was a child, I loved waiting to eat stuffed pomelo peel made by my father. In my memory, my appetite increased greatly when there was stuffed pomelo peel. It was very satisfying and the taste was so delicious that I couldn’t stop eating it. During the summer vacation before I entered college, I also tried to make this dish. Although I enjoyed the sense of accomplishment after the creation of this dish, it never tasted like the taste that made my dad drool after thinking about it.
My father once taught me that to make excellent pomelo peel stuffed wine with full aroma and taste, the production method is very particular and the selection of materials is very important. Divide the entire pomelo peel into four halves, and then cut the outermost part of the pomelo. Remove the skin of the grapefruit (the white layer should be left), and then cut each segment into half-palm-sized pieces. Use a knife to peel off the yellow surface of the grapefruit skin little by little, and cut it into triangles of even size. Carefully make a small slit on any side of the triangle (usually on the longest side), slowly and deeply, and make a "sac" from the skin piece to hold the meat filling.
After everything is processed, what you need to do immediately is to boil a pot of water, blanch the cut grapefruit peel in the pot, and while the water is hot, rub the grapefruit peel repeatedly with your hands until it is ready. Rub the grapefruit peel until it becomes like a sponge. At this time, the water in the basin has become muddy yellow, which is bitter water. The purpose of rubbing with hot water is to drive away the bitter taste. But this alone is not enough, you must also add water soaking. You have to rub it every certain time, then change the water, rub it again and soak it again. After repeating it three or four times, you can wait until no more yellow water comes out or there is no bitter taste after you try licking it. Of course, some people like to eat it with a bit of bitterness, saying it can dispel wind. In this case, you can directly use the grapefruit peels that have been blanched in boiling water to stuff meat fillings.
As for the fillings, the most common ones are pork, leeks, soy sauce, fermented bean curd and a little sugar and salt. After stirring evenly, you can start "brewing". I like to mix pork belly, leeks and chopped fried peanuts to make the filling. The umami flavor of the meat mixed with the fried aroma of the chopped peanuts is often unforgettable for me. Of course, what kind of filling to use is a personal preference. Some like celery, mushrooms and pork filling, and some like glutinous rice, pork and carrot filling, but I think no matter which kind of filling, it can be perfectly combined with pomelo peel and taste delicious. tasty. In order to remove the meaty smell of pork, you can add a little chopped tangerine peel, two drops of cooking wine, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, peanut oil, and salt to the meat filling. After stirring evenly, you can start "brewing".
This so-called "stuffing" is to put the fillings into the pre-cut small openings of the pomelo peel, and patiently fill each piece of white pomelo peel with the delicious meat filling one by one, making it delicious. They were all swollen, like victorious generals, with their big bellies, and they were poured into the pot one by one. After all the pomelo peels are stuffed, add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, then cook over high heat for about 10 minutes, and then simmer over low heat for a quarter of an hour. The delicious stuffed pomelo peels will be freshly baked. Of course, there are other ways to do it. For example, you can fry the grapefruit peel in a pan first, then add other seasonings and stir-fry. Different methods have different tastes, it just depends on personal preference.
The pomelo peel stuffed in your mouth is a bit soft, but it is a little tough, smooth and delicious, and it also maintains the original peel aroma of Shatian pomelo. It is very special and very delicious. Every year, the Frost Festival is the time when grapefruits mature and are harvested. Rongxian County is the origin of Shatian pomelo. People in Rongxian County have always liked to eat Shatian pomelo, and Shatian pomelo is the most popular in Rongxian County. I think this is very important to Rongxian people. , eating stuffed pomelo peel is equivalent to eating the taste of hometown. After I graduate from college, I will also develop a few special dishes from my hometown so that my parents will love the food and not be able to stop eating it, and it will also bring a sense of family reunion and happiness.