Location: Anhui snack
Technology: Baking method
Making materials of Mengcheng shortbread: 2,5 grams of flour, 65 grams of clean pork suet, 11 grams of refined salt, 1 grams of chopped green onion, 5 grams of spiced powder, 75 grams of maltose and sesame seeds.
Introduction of Mengcheng shortbread: a famous flavor snack in Huaibei area along Huaihe River in Anhui Province.
Features of Mengcheng shortbread:
Golden color, bright layers, crisp entrance, sweet and delicious.
Teach you how to make Mengcheng shortbread, and how to make Mengcheng shortbread
1. Tear off the skin of clean pig suet, chop it into paste, put it into a basin, add cooked lard, allspice powder and chopped scallion, and mix well to make oil stuffing.
2. put the refined salt into the basin, pour in 115g of cold water to dissolve it, add the flour and mix well, knead thoroughly to form a water dough, cover it with a wet cloth, and after about 2min, take it out, put it on the chopping board, knead it into strips, pick up 5 flour agents, and put it horizontally on the chopping board (the stubble should not be upward). Rub sesame oil on the chopping board and flour, press each flour into an oval shape, stack them together and simmer for about 1 minutes.
3. Take a flour noodle, roll it into long strips with a wooden mill, lift it with both hands, stretch it for about 65cm, apply 2g of oil stuffing, and then continue to pull it to about 1.3m, then fold it into rolls (about 18 turns). Butt the two ends of the dough roll, pick the dead head, press the oval cake blank with a length of 13 cm and a width of about 1 cm, spread the caramel and sprinkle the sesame seeds evenly, and so on.
4. Heat the oven and block the air door of the oven. Sweep the hearth with a special broomstick. Wipe some water on the sesame-free side of the cake blank and stick it on the oven wall (about 2 pieces at a time). Remove the oven door plug and bake it with medium fire. When the cake swells up and turns golden yellow, take it out, cut it open from the small head of the cake with bamboo pieces, and release hot air to keep the cake crisp.
The main points of making Mengcheng shortbread:
1. Knead the dough thoroughly until the surface is smooth and not sticky;
2. spread the stuffing evenly;
3. When testing the furnace temperature, first touch some flour with your hands and then touch some water on the furnace wall. If it is yellow, it means that the temperature is just right; if it is white, it means that the temperature is insufficient; if it is black, it means that the temperature is too high.
4. it is not advisable to use strong fire when baking in the furnace to avoid burning. be free of charge