Under normal circumstances, many delicacies have their own place of origin, and zongzi candy is no exception. It is understood that rice dumpling candy is one of the specialties of Suzhou, my country. So what is zongzi candy made of? Let’s take a closer look below! Where is Zongzi Candy a specialty snack?
We all know Zongzi and sugar, but not much is known about Zongzi Candy, right? Zongzi Candy is one of the earliest candies in China and is a specialty of Suzhou, Jiangsu. Different from other ordinary candies, Zongzi candy is made of sucrose, roses, caramel and pine nuts. It is called Zongzi candy because its appearance is a small "four-cornered rice dumpling".
Suzhou Caizhizhai was founded in the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1870) and is famous for the production of Su-style traditional food. It has a long history, a wide variety of food, high quality, exquisite packaging, and respect for tradition. It fully displays the unique style of the Jiangnan water town and the characteristics of ancient culture. It occupies a certain position in the history of Chinese food and Chinese and foreign food. What is Zongzi Candy made of?
It is mainly made of sucrose mixed with roses, caramel and pine nuts.
Zongzi candy is mostly made of maltose, white sugar, butter, pine nuts and dried roses. Different recipes use different ingredients.
Not only can you buy rice dumpling candy yourself, but you can also make it yourself if you are interested. Weigh the maltose water and white sugar into the pot, turn on low heat and stir slowly to melt, add butter, stir constantly, stir to 160 degrees; cool and boil the sugar to 160 degrees Celsius, then pour it on a cooling table filled with flowing water to cool down. Sprinkle the toasted pine nuts and dried roses on the sugarpaste while it's hot, and fold it back and forth with a spatula. The sugarpaste is folded and cooled while the water evaporates, and the sugarpaste gradually condenses into fudge; quickly put the fudge on the table. On the table, divide the sugar into small pieces, knead the sugar and roll it into a round shape (be sure to keep it at room temperature); use scissors to cut the sugar. When cutting the sugar, be careful to turn it once every time you cut it. The cut sugar will look good no matter which side you look at it from. It is triangular; after the sugar is fully cooled, it becomes the kind of zongzi candy you buy!
During the production process, pine nuts and roses must be baked, otherwise the wet materials will be put into the sugar paste It will cause sugar to turn into sand. Generally speaking, summer is not suitable for making rice dumpling candy, so if you want to try making it yourself, it is better to wait until the weather is cooler. The historical origin of Zongzi Candy
Caizhizhai's famous food "Zongzi Candy" came out in the Qing Dynasty. The founder was Caizhizhai Candy Shop Jin Yinzhi. Sugar is the main source of energy for the human body, so when patients cannot eat, sugar is used to supplement nutrition. In the Qing Dynasty, "Zongzi Candy" was listed as a "tribute candy" because it cured the Empress Dowager Cixi's illness. Suzhou Caizhizhai became famous in Kyoto. Cao Cangzhou, a famous doctor in Suzhou, was inspired by Cixi's love for eating rice dumpling candy, and encouraged Caizhizhai to add some edible medicinal materials and fruits, such as mint, roses, pine nuts, nuts, etc., into the sugar making process, so that even if people eat it, it will be delicious. The candies can also provide certain curative effects to the human body, benefiting the body's health and prolonging life. Soon, Caizhizhai produced mint rice dumpling candy (mint is refreshing, moisturizing the lungs, and suppressing liver qi), rose rice dumpling candy (rose promotes blood circulation), and pine nut rice dumpling candy (pine nuts contain high vegetable protein and fat). When people learned that these naturally bright-colored, beautiful-looking, sweet and delicious rice dumpling candies could also cure diseases, they flocked to buy them and called Caizhizhai a semi-herbal medicine store. From then on, rice dumpling candies became a well-known Suzhou specialty and were given as gifts to relatives and friends. gift. On the basis of Zongzi Candy, Caizhizhai has widely added raw materials such as plants, flowers and fruits, and created more than 100 rose jam candies, pear paste candies, easy candies, crispy loose candies, soft loose candies, longan candies, etc. Variety. It has formed a unique food style that is sweet but not greasy, fresh and refreshing, yin and yang, and rich in nutrition. In the 1950s, the Prime Minister used it to entertain international friends at an international conference in Geneva. It was praised and praised as the "national sugar". Since then, the product has been sold at home and abroad and has been favored in the international market.