Everyone's nuts about taosu
By Zhou Yubin |
May 17, 2012, Thursday
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TAOSU (walnut pastry) is one of the most popular snacks around China, particularly loved by children and old people because of its sweet and crisp taste.
According to legend, taosu was once a royal snack. The story goes that during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) loyal official, Xi Yan, was framed by his rival, Yan Song. Xi was jailed and his family was forced to leave the capital city. Some of his family members fled back to his hometown in Jiangxi Province. There they opened a small business at a port, making and selling taosu using a recipe obtained from the royal kitchen.
The tasty snack quickly became popular with locals and began to be sold around the country.
In the past, it was wrapped in lotus leaves as a special gift for friends.
With modern bakery techniques, people have developed many different types of taosu.
Its ingredients have expanded to include peanuts, melon seeds and almonds - adding flavor to the original sweet and oily taste of the pastry. Bakers and snack stores provide plenty of taosu choices nowadays.
Taosu can also be made at home. The ingredients are: wheat flour 100g, sugar 50g, oil 55g, egg 10g, sesame 15g, walnut 30g, some baking powder and soda ash.
First, blend the oil, eggs and sugar in a big bowl to make the baking oil. Then mix the wheat flour, baking powder and soda ash, filter and blend it with smashed walnut. Work the flour and oil mixture together until you have a sticky dough. Cut the dough into small pieces and roll them flat. Then brush them with egg. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for 15 minutes. The key point is to ensure that the taosu is crisp is to keep the pasty moist. Add oil to the dough whenever you feel it is too dry.
As it contains a lot of oil and sugar, taosu is not a very healthy snack. It may cause blood sugar and blood fat levels to increase, so avoid eating it too often.
According to legend, taosu was once a royal snack. The story goes that during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) loyal official, Xi Yan, was framed by his rival, Yan Song. Xi was jailed and his family was forced to leave the capital city. Some of his family members fled back to his hometown in Jiangxi Province. There they opened a small business at a port, making and selling taosu using a recipe obtained from the royal kitchen.
The tasty snack quickly became popular with locals and began to be sold around the country.
In the past, it was wrapped in lotus leaves as a special gift for friends.
With modern bakery techniques, people have developed many different types of taosu.
Its ingredients have expanded to include peanuts, melon seeds and almonds - adding flavor to the original sweet and oily taste of the pastry. Bakers and snack stores provide plenty of taosu choices nowadays.
Taosu can also be made at home. The ingredients are: wheat flour 100g, sugar 50g, oil 55g, egg 10g, sesame 15g, walnut 30g, some baking powder and soda ash.
First, blend the oil, eggs and sugar in a big bowl to make the baking oil. Then mix the wheat flour, baking powder and soda ash, filter and blend it with smashed walnut. Work the flour and oil mixture together until you have a sticky dough. Cut the dough into small pieces and roll them flat. Then brush them with egg. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for 15 minutes. The key point is to ensure that the taosu is crisp is to keep the pasty moist. Add oil to the dough whenever you feel it is too dry.
As it contains a lot of oil and sugar, taosu is not a very healthy snack. It may cause blood sugar and blood fat levels to increase, so avoid eating it too often.
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