The lotus seed paste filling is made from lotus seeds. Some Cantonese mooncakes are favorite to be made with lotus seed paste filling, such as pure lotus seed paste mooncake, egg yolk, double yolk, triple yolk, four yolk lotus seed paste mooncake and so on. Lotus seed paste filling can be made at home, just prepare lotus seeds, sugar and oil. When stir-frying, you need to pay attention to the amount of oil and sugar, not too dry or too oily, so what oil can be used for lotus seed paste filling?
Homemade lotus seed paste filling is too dry how to do
Lotus seed paste filling is in accordance with the lotus seed soaking, removing the lotus heart, simmering lotus seed, stirring lotus seed paste, stir frying lotus seed paste these 5 steps. Need to pay attention to is to remove the lotus heart, stewed lotus, stir-fried lotus seed this three steps, lotus heart will not remove the bitter taste, but if it is the kind of open edge of the lotus seed does not need to carry out this step; cook lotus seed must be to the lotus seed to the degree of a pinch on the degree of crushing, or hit out of the lotus seed paste is not delicate; stir-fried lotus seed paste need to pay attention to is the oil with the amount of sugar to add, oil sugar too much lotus seed paste filling taste oily, oil sugar is too little lotus seed paste The filling is dry and prone to mold and deterioration.
What oil is used to fry lotus seed paste filling
The choice of oil is not limited to the type, but in the sweet filling is recommended to use tasteless cooking oil, so that you can ensure that the sweetness of the filling, sweetness is relatively simple, not to appear the phenomenon of string flavor.
Take corn oil, for example, after the boiled lotus seeds into lotus seed paste state. Turn on the low heat, first pour corn oil, 140 grams of corn oil in 3 times, when the corn oil completely melted into the lotus seed paste, and then again until the corn oil is poured, and then pour in sugar and maltose, stirring in one direction until completely integrated.
Can you put lard in the stuffing
The lotus seed paste is the stuffing made of lotus seed, first of all, the lotus seed soaked in warm water, remove the skin, remove the core, steam on high heat, and then whisked into a fine mud paste. Then start a pot of boiling oil to sugar fried, if the taste is good with lard best. Add lotus seed paste and stir-fry, stir-fry non-stick on the pan. Let it cool and wrap it to mooncake, usually with salted egg yolk. It is best to put a little less sugar do not greasy not delicious.
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