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Qingtuan

Qingtuan

Blanched mugwort is pureed into glutinous rice dough with wheat starch for suppleness, wrapped around sweet fillings, and steamed into glossy jade-green qingtuan, spring's signature treat.

Instructions

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    Wash the fresh mugwort clean.

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    Add 1 gram of baking soda and blanch.

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    Rinse with cold water to remove the bitter taste.

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    Squeeze out the water, take 90 grams of mugwort and 160 grams of water and mash into a paste, mash it twice.

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    180g glutinous rice flour, 45g mugwort paste, 8g sugar, 8g corn oil.

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    Add a little cold water, stir evenly, and knead by hand into a smooth dough.

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    84 grams of sifted flour, 80 grams of boiling water (100°C), stir evenly and knead into a smooth dough, then add 20 grams of butter, then 30 grams of dry glutinous rice flour, and knead smoothly again.

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    Mix dough A and dough B (mugwort dough and refined wheat flour dough).

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    Knead until smooth again, break the dough apart, and as long as the cross-section is smooth, it's fine.

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    Stir-fried Shredded Beef with Bell Peppers.

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    Add 20 grams of shredded meat, 12 grams of white sesame seeds, 12 grams of crushed peanuts, and 160 grams of white lotus paste. Mix well and shape into small portions of 20 grams each.

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    Divide the dough into portions of 45 grams each.

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    Take a dose.

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    Wrap the filling.

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    Use the tiger's mouth gathering method.

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    Reunion.

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    Place in a steamer, brush the surface with oil, put it on the steamer with boiling water, and steam on high heat for 8–10 minutes.

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    Brush the steamed green dumplings with oil while they are hot, and after cooling, wrap them one by one in plastic wrap.

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    Alright.

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    Savory and flavorful, with a rich texture.

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    Finished product image.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • (A dough) Mugwort
    250 g
  • glutinous rice flour
    280g
  • Mugwort paste
    180g
  • (B Dough) Refined Flour
    84 g
  • boiling water
    80 g
  • Baking soda
    1g
  • Shredded Beef with Chili Oil
    80 g
  • Golden Silk Pork Floss
    20g
  • Crushed peanuts
    12 g
  • white lotus seed paste
    160 g

Seasonings

  • Corn oil
    8 g
  • Sugar
    45 g
  • Butter
    20 g
  • Edible oil
    a pinch

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • white sesame
    12g (cooked)