The fig was thought to be a special magic fruit, which has a fruit but no flower. Later it was realized that the fig without flowers is just an illusion, it just hide their flowers, professionals called "hidden flower head". In fact, we eat the "fig" is the flower, the whole fig is expanded, the receptacle, the fig's red and white flesh is the stamens and fruit.

The fig is rich in nutrients, containing many essential nutrients. It can not only be eaten directly, but can also be made into preserves and dried fruits for easy preservation. Figs can also be used to make soup.

With fig soup, it can be made into a sweet soup with other fruits or a vegetable soup with various ingredients, each of which has a unique flavor and characteristics, with the advantages of nutrition and fresh taste.

The fig old duck soup is a great way for me to use figs to make a soup with nutritious, nutritious, but not dry duck meat. With sweet and sour figs and aromatic tea tree mushrooms, the soup is sweet and flavorful, aromatic, refreshing and non-greasy.

[Fig old duck soup]

Ingredients: half old duck, ten dried figs, appropriate amount of tea mushrooms, appropriate amount of jujubes, appropriate amount of wolfberries

Seasoning: salt, onion, ginger, cooking wine

Making method:

Tea tree mushrooms are washed in advance, then soaked in water, and then fished out, de-rooted, and cut into sections.

Wash the old duck and kill it into small pieces; wash the onion and ginger and slice them.

Put water into a pot, add the old duck pieces, add washed onion and ginger, add a little cooking wine, then bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the froth, continue to cook for two minutes, then fish out, then rinse off the remaining froth on the duck meat with water

Put the duck meat into a casserole dish, add enough water, add a little onion and ginger, then pour in a little cooking wine, stir over high heat, if the there is oil and foam on the surface, skim it off, choose the onion, then add the washed dried figs, tea tree mushroom sections and dates, and boil over low heat for about 40 minutes.

After 40 minutes, the duck is almost tender. Season with salt, add the wolfberries and continue to cook for about ten minutes, then turn off the heat and serve.

Tips for making fig old duck soup

The fishy flavor of duck meat is heavy, and it should be boiled to remove the fishy flavor. Duck meat should be boiled in cold water, add onion, ginger, cooking wine and other seasonings. Should be added.

Choose dried figs and put them in the pot after the duck meat with tea mushrooms; if you choose fresh figs, you can add them after 20 minutes. Because dried figs are not perishable after a long time, while fresh figs are perishable.

Preservation techniques for figs

Figs have a short ripening period, but they are difficult to preserve. In addition to making dried fruits, we can also keep them in the refrigerator. Use a wet towel to wipe the fresh figs clean, put them in a plastic bag to exhaust, tie it tightly and put it in the refrigerator. It can be kept for about half a month after refrigeration and half a year directly in the refrigerator. However, we must pay attention to the need to save the figs can not be cleaned with water, otherwise, if there is water in the middle, the figs are easy to decompose.