Soviet-style pastries in the selection of materials, in addition to the strict selection of raw materials, the selection of auxiliary materials is also particularly careful. Between each product selection of nuts, pulp, flowers and other materials have strict requirements. For example: flower material selection of thick petals of Wu County roses (Suzhou suburban soil quality production of thick petals), light blessing of the golden cinnamon (cinnamon has a golden yellow golden cinnamon, yellowish silver cinnamon two kinds of) kernel selection of fat and tender, white large grains of pine nuts, thin white walnut kernels, thin shells of thick kernels of black melon seeds kernels.
Su-style pastry in addition to the selection of materials, in terms of dosage and ratio, but also more stringent, between the various varieties of fruits and auxiliary materials and dosage of ratios, but also have their own requirements, so there are their own unique flavor. For example, the Soviet-style moon cakes, each product selection of different nuts, flowers and other auxiliary materials, their flavor characteristics are different. Clear water rose mooncake filling, the choice of brightly colored clear water rose (pickled in plum brine, does not penetrate into the plum puree or other plants), pine nuts, and therefore has a real rose fragrance and natural pine nuts fragrance, the product section of the bright red roses are clearly visible, evenly distributed in the filling. In the filling of Refined Hundred Fruits Mooncake, pine nuts, walnuts, melon seeds with three kernels, and dried green plums are used, which have a variety of natural aromas and flavors of the kernels, as well as the refreshing characteristics of green plums. In the filling of White Sesame Salt Mooncake, cinnamon sesame crumbs, orange seeds, pidgins and refined salt are used, featuring cinnamon and orange flavors and sesame aroma, as well as sweet and salty characteristics. In the filling of Lard Sandwich Moon Cake, adzuki beans, candied diced lard (diced pork lard) and pine nuts are used, which have the flavor of adzuki beans and the fragrance of pine nuts, as well as the characteristics of fat and moist. Black sesame, mint, dried vegetables and golden leg mooncakes all have different flavors due to their different ingredients.
Su-style pastries are made with nourishing auxiliary ingredients that contain high nutritional value. For example, pine nuts and date paste hemp cake and three-color hemp cake have the effect of moistening the five viscera, benefiting the lungs and tonifying the qi, easing the nourishment, replenishing the deficiency and cold, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and relieving the cough. In the four-color sliced cake, pine flakes have the effect of nourishing the blood, dispelling wind, benefiting the qi and calming the liver (pine pollen has the effect of lowering blood pressure, softening blood vessels, preventing and controlling cardiovascular disease, stroke, promoting the growth of children, restoring vitality in the elderly and clearing mental fatigue). Almond slices have the effect of nourishing and relieving cough; rose slices have the effect of benefiting qi, promoting blood circulation, curing wind paralysis, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain; tundra slices have the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, softening and dispersing knots (with the effect of lowering cholesterol), and so on. Sesame Crisp Candy can moisten the intestines and blood, tonifying the liver and kidney, black hair, make up for the deficiency of cold, strengthen the spleen and stomach, moisten the lungs and stop coughing and so on. Eight treasures cake is a folk recipe in the Qing Dynasty, by the famous doctor Ye Tianshi, the intention is quite prudent, pain and complement both, can be fat children, can cure chancre, drive roundworms, can be toned. Su-style pastry in the process of production is different, there are many products do not need to add a thinning agent, the use of a more ideal means of craft thinning, with a unique style. For example, baked products in the Soviet-style moon cakes, beautiful color of the skin, crisp texture; filling fat but not greasy, fluffy and crisp. In the process of production, the pastry part of the water and oil dough using warm water modulation, so that part of the wheat starch paste, volume expansion, viscosity enhancement, tendon weakening, using a small package of shortening the process of folding; filling preparation, do not add water, the products of the shelf life is longer, is a distinctive and unique unique process.
Baked products in the coquettish fruit, product surface dense cells, eating especially crispy it is the use of water to adjust the dough, in the modulation of the addition of good water-holding properties of the tofu, not only to make the dough contains a large amount of water, but also facilitates the operation, but also increase the plant proteins, frying by the heat, the protein denaturation, to increase the sense of its crunchy, it is a special process.
Steamed products in the large square cake, loose and glutinous taste, white color, volume expansion, not easy to return to life, which is mainly allocated about 70% of the japonica rice containing a certain amount of straight-chain starch, soaked in cool water for a few hours, so that part of the rice starch hydrolysis, so that the products are not only fluffy and soft, soft and glutinous, the pattern is clear, beautiful modeling.
Cooked flour products in the sesame crispy candy, yellowish color, caramelized sesame flavor, thin skin and more chips, fluffy and delicious. In the process of production, the use of wheat flour heating and frying, destroying its gluten power, reduce moisture, improve the degree of fluffiness, adding caramel flavor; sesame frying, the purpose is also to play the volatile moisture, increase the degree of fluffiness, adding hemp flavor; process and modeling, the use of folding and shaping, so that the volume of fluffy, becoming an ideal fluffy cooked flour products. Soviet-style pastry is also a feature of ready-to-sell, hot stove supply. The savory mooncakes in the Soviet-style mooncakes, fresh meat, onion lard, ham lard, etc., they have different tastes, hot food is rich in tender, fat, fluffy characteristics, with the production of the sale, the hot stove supply, the mode of operation is different. Wen dumplings (fresh meat dumplings), the production process is more delicate, the shape is small, like eyebrows, also known as eyebrow dumplings, three sides of the pan-fried, beautiful color, containing filling brine, tender and delicious.
With the above characteristics of the Soviet-style pastry, is the crystallization of the wisdom of generations of working people, is the treasure of China's food culture treasury.