1 What kind of rice wine is used to boil donkey-hide gelatin?
Commonly used rice wines to boil donkey-hide gelatin include: Huadiao, Nuerhong, Jimo old wine, Shaoxing old wine, etc. But you can also use home-brewed rice wine for boiling donkey-hide gelatin, just use rice wine with a higher concentration.
2 What are the raw materials for boiling donkey-hide gelatin with rice wine?
The raw materials for boiling donkey-hide gelatin with rice wine are very simple. There are only three raw materials: donkey-hide gelatin, rice wine, and rock sugar. You can also use smashed donkey-hide gelatin. For powdered donkey-hide gelatin and rice wine, just prepare rice wine with a higher degree of content. The rock sugar is preferably yellow rock sugar cubes, which can be smashed or divided into powder, so that it melts faster.
3 How to boil donkey-hide gelatin and rice wine Ingredients
125 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 125 ml of rice wine, 75-125 grams of rock sugar, and 50 to 100 grams of hot water. Steps
1. Wrap 125 donkey-hide gelatin in gauze, mash it, and pour it into a larger clay pot.
2. Add 125 ml of rice wine and soak for 2 days. In summer, it needs to be refrigerated in the refrigerator.
3. After 2 days, add rock sugar and hot water to the jar, making sure that the liquid does not exceed two-thirds of the jar to avoid boiling and overflowing.
4. Place the jar in a pot of water and simmer. After the water boils, continue to simmer for 3 to 5 hours, stirring several times in the middle.
5. After cooking, cool it and put it in the refrigerator. After 24 hours, scoop out the gelatin cake and cut it into small pieces.
6. You don’t need to cut it into small pieces and just scoop out a spoonful when you want to eat it.
4 What are the effects of boiling donkey-hide gelatin with rice wine?
1. Boiling donkey-hide gelatin with rice wine can enhance the effect of donkey-hide gelatin, and promote the efficacy and function of donkey-hide gelatin.
2. Rice wine has the effect of removing fishy smell, so boiling donkey-hide gelatin with rice wine can remove the fishy smell of donkey-hide gelatin itself.
3. Donkey-hide gelatin is rich in nutrients, so it is easy to breed bacteria. Soaking it in rice wine has a sterilizing effect, which can improve the quality of donkey-hide gelatin cake and extend its storage period.
4. The texture of donkey-hide gelatin is very hard. Soaking donkey-hide gelatin in rice wine can soften the donkey-hide gelatin and reduce the cooking time of donkey-hide gelatin.