Shanghai Pear Paste Candy [Shanghai Specialty]

What is Shanghai Pear Paste Candy? Authentic Shanghai Specialty: Shanghai Pear Paste Candy

Content Summary:Do you want to know what Shanghai Pear Paste Candy is? This article is a detailed introduction to Shanghai's specialty - Shanghai Pear Syrup Sugar. It was compiled by the editorial team of China Specialty Network, who reviewed and collected relevant information on Shanghai Pear Syrup Sugar. The full text takes about 9 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Shanghai Pear Syrup Sugar and its nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Shanghai pear paste candy? How did the history of Shanghai pear paste candy come about? The production method of Shanghai pear paste candy, etc

Basic Introduction to Shanghai Pear Paste Candy

Shanghai Pear Paste Candy is a traditional Han Chinese delicacy in Shanghai, one of the time-honored Chinese brands, and a famous specialty. Pear paste sugar is made by boiling pure white granulated sugar (excluding maltose, essence and pigment) with 14 kinds of domestic good medicinal materials (grinding powder), such as almond, Sichuan shellfish, Pinellia ternata and Poria cocos. It is mainly used for dry cough, wet cough, cough with phlegm, tracheitis, asthma and other symptoms. It has a sweet and easy to take taste and helps enhance the body's resistance. Shanghai pear paste candy has a long history, dating back to the Tang Dynasty and was popular during the Qing Dynasty. Currently, it enjoys a great reputation both domestically and internationally and is deeply loved by people of all ages and genders

What are the nutritional values of Shanghai pear paste sugar

Pear paste sugar is made by boiling snow pear or White Yali and Chinese herbal medicine with rock sugar, orange powder, lemon powder, etc. It is mainly used for treating cough, phlegm, tracheitis, asthma and other symptoms. It has a sweet taste and is easy to take, with significant therapeutic effects. Its formula features various cough causes that cause colds, coughs, and poor resistance, as well as the patient's fear of bitterness when taking medicine. It uses moderate nourishment to help enhance the body's resistance. In response to heat, cold fatigue, body imbalance, dry cough, wet cough, and other conditions that cause coughing, various herbs are reasonably combined and boiled with honey, maltose, sugar, and pear juice. Due to the mild and side effect free nature of Chinese herbal medicine, it is suitable for various cough sufferers

The taste is sweet as honey, loose and crispy, not greasy or sticky, fragrant and palatable, neat in shape, beautiful in packaging, of excellent quality, and has significant therapeutic effects

How did the history of Shanghai pear paste candy come about

It is said that Wei Zheng, a politician in the early Tang Dynasty, was a very filial person. His mother had been suffering from cough and asthma for many years, and Wei Zheng sought medical treatment everywhere, but there was little effect, which made Wei Zheng very uneasy. For some unknown reason, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, found out about this and immediately sent imperial physicians to diagnose the illness. The imperial physician carefully observed, smelled, asked, and cut, and then wrote a prescription for traditional Chinese medicine such as Sichuan scallop, almond, tangerine peel, and French summer. But this old lady's temperament is somewhat strange. She only took a small sip of the medicine and kept saying that it was too bitter to swallow. You tried to persuade her with all your might, but she refused to take the medicine again. Wei Zheng had no choice but to comfort her in every way possible

How to make Shanghai Pear Paste Candy

Manufacturing process

1. Decocting liquid: wash and cut snow pear pear or White Yali pear, put them together with 7 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines into an enamel medicine pot, add proper amount of water, decoct them with fire, take out a part of the juice every 20 minutes, and then add water to continue to decoct. So, take the juice four times in a row

2. Concentrate: Pour the juice taken out 4 times into an enamel pot (not in contact with metal vessels), bring to a boil over high heat, and then use low heat to simmer. When the liquid in the pot is thickened, add powdered sugar and stir continuously until it becomes viscous. Then add orange powder and lemon powder and continue stirring; When chopsticks can be lifted and pulled into threads, the fire can be stopped. Throughout the entire boiling process, the firepower should gradually decrease

3. Cutting: Pour the concentrated viscous liquid into an enamel dish coated with cooked vegetable oil, cool it slightly, flatten it, and make a thickness of 5-6 millimeters. Then, use a thin blade to cut small pieces with a length and width of 5-6 centimeters square (usually not cut through completely). When it cools through, it is pear paste sugar

4. Packaging: Pear paste candies sold are generally packaged in 2 rows per piece, with 6 small pieces per row. Two pieces of 24 small pieces are packaged together. In addition to wrapping the packaging paper outside, it is also necessary to seal it tightly with non-toxic plastic film

If Chinese herbs such as Cordyceps, Hala, Sophora flavescens, and white radish are added to pear paste sugar, the health effect will be better