I like Beijing very much. Even if I went there again in September this year, I still can't bear to leave. For an aspiring foodie, apart from the ancient Beijing scenery, I also long for the rich Beijing flavor and unique Beijing style.
According to legend, this kind of drama was popular in Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. There are often gongs and drums in the theater, and the audience cheers for their favorite celebrities. After a play, they are often thirsty and even hoarse, so they rushed to the stall selling pear soup on the street and bought a hot pear soup, which moistened their throats and especially quenched their thirst.
Now there are no stalls selling pear flower soup on the streets of Beijing, so it is really not easy to drink authentic pear flower soup in old Beijing.
In my impression, there is a must-eat restaurant in Beijing that is particularly famous. The name of the restaurant is Little Diao Li Soup, which is a specialty. Many tourists rush to punch in, just to drink a pot of small Diao Li soup which can moisten throat and quench thirst, nourish yin and moisten lung. Copper hanging pear soup, one hanging is a pot, moist but not sweet, thick but not greasy, especially suitable for autumn and winter drinking, warming the stomach and nourishing the heart.
The main raw materials of old Beijing Xiaotiao pear soup are pear, tremella, rock sugar and plum. It seems that these raw materials are very common, but to make authentic old Beijing small pear soup, the raw materials are still very particular.
pear
Old Beijing pear soup is made of Sydney. Sydney is one of the specialties of Zhao County, Hebei Province. Because pears are flawless, white and look like snowflakes, they are called Sydney. Xuehuali has a rough yellow-green peel, crisp pulp, sweet juice, clean and moist taste, and a pleasant aroma.
In recent years, there are more and more pear varieties in the market, such as dangshan pear, crown pear, Fengshui pear, Qiuyue pear, Lixiang pear and Honey pear. And they often feel picky.
Compared with other varieties of pears, Xuehua pear has higher medicinal value, and has the functions of clearing heart, moistening lung, relieving cough and moistening dryness, relaxing bowels and detoxifying. The traditional Chinese medicine pear cream we often see is made of Sydney and Chinese herbal medicine. Therefore, Xue Huali has the reputation of "the best pear in the world".
Sydney may not be very common in the south. If you really can't find it, you can settle for the second best and replace it with crown pear.
edible white fungus
When I read "Herbal Poetry and Antidote" before, I said that ginseng, velvet antler and bird's nest are far less nourishing than tremella, which is the first choice for nourishing and beautifying in autumn. However, it may be difficult to achieve the nourishing effect mentioned in medical books, as well as the effect of soaking hair and gluing or the taste of finished products.
Because those tremella are all made from the leftovers of crops such as cottonseed hulls and sawdust, they are all artificially cultivated in greenhouses and can be harvested in 40 days. This kind of tremella has high yield and low price.
Only tremella tremella produced in Tongjiang, Sichuan Province is a "civilian bird's nest". Because it grows on Cyclobalanopsis for 7 years, it can fully mature after 4 months of natural growth. The dried product has a faint jasmine fragrance, and the foaming rate and gum yield are particularly high. The stewed product is crystal clear and smooth.
crystal sugar
Use yellow rock candy in bulk, not white rock candy in package.
Yellow rock sugar has moderate sweetness and retains the original sugarcane ingredients. White rock candy is refined from yellow rock candy, which has higher purity and sweetness, but also loses a lot of nutrients. Therefore, yellow rock sugar is generally recommended for cooking or stewing desserts.
Yellow rock candy varies in size, or it may be bought in large pieces. You can put the yellow rock sugar in a bowl, and then bake the bowl in the microwave oven for about 30 seconds. It is easy to break after being taken out, and then it is stored in a sealed jar, which is convenient for use according to the required amount every time.
preserved plum
Plum blossom is the crowning touch in the old Beijing pear flower soup. It is best to use sweet and sour plum, and never use that salty plum. If you are really worried, you can taste one before putting it, but don't put too much, or the taste of plums will steal the limelight.
All right, ingredients are ready. Let's take advantage of the autumn wind and cook a pot of old Beijing pear flower soup.
Laobei Xiao Jing Diao Li Tang
Reference serving size: 3-5 portions
Production time: 60 minutes
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆
food
2 Sydney/half tremella
2 Mume/Lycium barbarum
Material adjustment
Appropriate amount of rock sugar
How to do it
1. soak the tremella in advance, then remove the yellow root of the tremella and tear it into small pieces.
2. soak Sydney in salt water for a while, then rub it with salt, and then rinse it with flowing water.
3. Peel the Sydney and throw away the pear handle, leaving the pear skin, flesh and core.
The cast iron pot is full of water. After the water is boiled, add pear skin, pear flesh, pear core, tremella, preserved plum and crystal sugar. Bring the fire to a boil and simmer for about 40 minutes. Pear soup has changed from white to yellowish and reddish.
5. Open the lid, sprinkle with appropriate amount of Lycium barbarum and continue to cook for about 10 minutes.
Midmi, Xiao Yi
1. Pear peel and pear core can turn waste into treasure, which is also one of the keys to the old Beijing small hanging pear soup, which can make the pear soup clear and moist. Therefore, when cleaning Sydney, you must rub the pear skin with salt to remove the wax and dirt on the pear skin. The same method can also be used on apples.
2. Tremella is the second key to the old Beijing pear soup, which can thicken the pear soup. I made a tremella in advance, and finally I only used half of it. Plum blossom is the third key of small pear flower soup in old Beijing, which can make pear flower soup sweet.
3. Rock sugar can be put according to personal preference, those who like sweets can put more, and those who don't like sweets can even not put it. Lycium barbarum is dispensable and mainly plays a decorative role, but it should not be put too early, otherwise it will be easy to cook.
4. To make old Beijing pear soup, it is recommended to use a cast iron pot or an enamel stew pot. Don't use an iron pan, pear soup will change color, and don't use an electric cooker. Low power, slow cooking. If you have a health pot at home, you can also cook with the health soup mode of the health pot lazily.
5. Old Beijing pear soup can be boiled, and the raw materials can also be adjusted according to personal preferences, such as adding red dates, longan, green plums, dried tangerines and hawthorn. Different raw materials will make the boiled pear soup have different colors and tastes.
Write it at the end
This old Beijing small hanging pear soup is a fruit tremella soup without pear core, peel, plum and medlar. Pear soup, pear juice and tremella soup are two completely different desserts. The consistency of pear soup is between pear juice and tremella soup.
The tremella in pear soup doesn't need to be cooked to a waxy taste like tremella soup, but a crisp taste is enough. The key is to boil it to a consistency. If you want to eat soft tremella, you can cook it for about an hour in advance.
Old Beijing pear soup, I only drink soup, not pear meat and tremella. I think it's too wasteful to eat. Some people also like to drink chilled pear soup, which is said to be comparable to old Beijing sour plum soup.
There is a saying in China that medicine and food are homologous. Pear belongs to cold fruit. Boiling pears into soup can greatly reduce the coldness of pears and improve their efficacy. Children, adults or the elderly with spleen and stomach disharmony can cook fruits and vegetables (such as apples, oranges, carrots, etc.). Before eating, it is soft and delicious, which helps digestion.
The shivering autumn and winter is coming, and there is no need to take the high-speed train or plane to Beijing anymore. You can cook a pot of affectionate old Beijing pear soup at home, add a meal for breakfast or afternoon tea, and make a hydrating mask for your trachea and lungs.
Old Beijing pear flower soup is a tonic. If you drink it regularly, you don't have to worry about catching a cold and coughing and going to the hospital. Pear is sweet, tremella is crisp and refreshing, pear soup is mellow, with a touch of bright, sweet and sour, moist and soft. This dry and easy-to-get-angry season is perfect.
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