2. Pour the melted donkey-hide gelatin into a casserole, heat it, pour in crystal sugar and stir it with chopsticks to make it fully melt, pour in the red jujube meat cut in advance, stir it fully, cover the lid and cook it for 30 minutes, pour in the walnut kernels that have been fried first and stir it fully and evenly, cover the lid and cook it for 30 minutes, pour in the medlar and black sesame seeds, and cover the lid and cook it for 20 minutes.
3. Prepare a clean container, pour in sesame oil, roll around to spread sesame oil evenly on the walls and bottom, pour in steamed donkey-hide gelatin cake, shape it with a spoon, and compact it evenly. After 24 hours, the Ejiao cake is demoulded and cut into pieces.
Sister Xin also introduced us to the ancient process of boiling glue, including 49 processes such as scraping, soaking, blanching, peeling, juicing, foaming, filtering, settling, discharging glue, cutting glue, drying glue, turning glue and wiping glue, all of which cannot be less. In this way, there are few impurities in the glue, and its function is also fully exerted.
Coming out of the warehouse, the new sister took out a quality inspection report of her own donkey-hide gelatin cake, which clearly stated that donkey-hide gelatin components were detected and other skin components were not detected, to prove that her donkey-hide gelatin cake was pure donkey-hide.
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Sister Xin showed us their donkey-hide gelatin cake. The ingredients list of Sister Xin's handmade donkey-hide gelatin cake only contains seven ingredients: black sesame, walnut kernel, donkey-hide gelatin, red dates, yellow wine, rock sugar and medlar, and does not contain food additives such as maltodextrin. Sister Xin said that most of the Ejiao cakes on the market now are produced by machines, and some people sell Ejiao cakes by machines under the guise of pure handwork. The standard for judging whether it is machine production is actually very simple, and "maltodextrin" is the touchstone.
Why is this? The answer is very simple. Industrial production can't adjust the heat like manual cooking, and the set parameters can't be changed, so it can only be done in one go. As a result, the boiled Ejiao cake has a bad taste, hard texture and is difficult to absorb, so maltodextrin needs to be added to adjust the taste and softness.
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In addition, I also learned that because Ejiao is made by fire, it must be aged for more than 3 years to remove the anger of Ejiao, which is most suitable for human absorption. Some manufacturers are eager for quick success and instant benefit, and use the freshly boiled glue to make Ejiao cakes. As a result, many customers get angry as soon as they eat it. As a result, many people have the misunderstanding that eating Ejiao will get angry.
Then we went to the place where Sister Xin made cakes by hand. Sister Xin said that their Ejiao cake is not only pure donkey skin, but also high in Ejiao content. Walnut kernels, red dates, medlar and black sesame seeds are all selected materials, so that the Ejiao cake made by this method is not only good to eat, but also mellow in taste.
Sister Xin handed me a piece of freshly boiled Ejiao cake and tasted it. It was really delicious. And the color is transparent, and the ingredients are very clear. At first glance, it is a good cake made of good glue.
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I have a question after inspecting my new sister's Ejiao cake. I asked my new sister: Your Ejiao cake is made of pure donkey hide Ejiao. With such a high Ejiao content and such a good auxiliary material, the cost must not be cheap, so what you sell is not cheap, is it?
The new sister said with a smile, we locals want to eat authentic Ejiao cakes and buy them from me because they are not expensive. My Ejiao cake is made of real materials, and the cost is much higher than those of ordinary Ejiao cakes. However, compared with the well-known brands with huge scale, I don't have so many staff costs, no big factory rent, and no agents at all levels to increase prices. These alone can be at least 60% cheaper than the high-end Ejiao cake of the same quality. High quality and low price, high cost performance, so we locals are looking for me.