Kaifeng Rose Cake [Henan Kaifeng Specialty]

What is Kaifeng Rose Cake? Authentic Henan Kaifeng specialty: Kaifeng rose cake

Summary:Do you want to know what Kaifeng rose cake is? This article is a detailed introduction toKaifeng's specialty product - Kaifeng Rose Cakein Henan Province. It was compiled by the editorial team of China Specialty Network, who reviewed and collected relevant information on Kaifeng Rose Cake. The full text takes about 4 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Kaifeng Rose Cake and the product characteristics of Kaifeng Rose Cake? How did the history of Kaifeng rose cakes come about? The production method of Kaifeng rose cake, etc

Introduction to Kaifeng Rose Cake

Halal pastry, handmade. Using fresh rose petals and pure honey as the main ingredients, it is marinated, stir fried, mixed with filling and dough, and then baked in an oven. Empress Dowager Cixi once gifted it to palace guests and included it as a delicacy in the "Imperial Kitchen", calling it a legitimate Manchu and Han pastry

Kaifeng rose cakes have an attractive color, soft and sweet, rich floral fragrance, even skin texture, white on the outside with a yellow background, and a red seal on the surface

There are records of eating flowers in ancient China. On the one hand, ancient people believed that flowers were the elite of plants, and eating them could promote health and longevity. In modern times, they are considered natural green foods; On the other hand, using flowers as a metaphor for a person's moral nobility, drinking fragrant food and dew as a metaphor for a person's pursuit of morality. As early as over two thousand years ago, the patriotic poet Qu Yuan wrote this line in his poem "Li Sao": "Drinking from the falling dew of the magnolia in the morning, and eating from the falling petals of the chrysanthemum in the autumn at night." It is a metaphor for his self-cultivation

Method of making Kaifeng rose cake

Main ingredients: 500g refined powder, 50g rose sauce, 200g white sugar

Accessories: 75g walnut kernels, 200g cooked lard, 15g sesame seeds, 85g steamed flour, 175g water. Method

1. First, put the cooked flour, sugar, chopped walnut kernels, rose sauce, and sesame seeds on a table and mix well. Then add 25 grams of cooked lard and knead it evenly by hand to make the filling

2. Mix 200 grams of refined powder with 100 grams of lard, rub evenly by hand, and blend into a crispy dough. Pour another 300 grams of Qingfen into a basin, add 75 grams of lard first, knead evenly by hand to make tassels, then add water, knead hard and soft, and make dough<3. Cut two types of dough into an equal number of 20 dough pieces, flatten the dough pieces with your hand, wrap them with crispy dough pieces, flatten and roll them into a rectangle, roll them up, and then flatten and roll them open with your hand. Repeat this process twice, and finally roll them into small rolls over 3 centimeters long. Press them all over, wrap the filling in the mouth, and then press them into a round cake shape. Place a red dot in the center of the cake, put it in the oven, and bake over high heat for about 10 minutes