First Class Longevity Peach

Name: First Class Longevity Peach
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 150 g Long red dates (washed, boiled until soft, peeled and pitted, made into date paste); 50 g Chinese yam (washed, steamed until soft, peeled, spots removed, mashed into fine paste); 30 g Hawthorn cake (cut into long strips, used to spell the longevity character); 20 g Red shreds (cut into fine bits, to garnish the peach tip and lower half); 20 g Green plum (cut into fine bits, used as the peach stem); 20 g Cooked pork lard (for cooking the date paste filling); 20 g White sugar (for cooking the filling and making the sauce); 50 g Starch (for making the thin sauce); Green shreds (for outlining the leaf veins), to taste

A Shandong figurative dish featuring mashed yam wrapped around a date paste filling, shaped into longevity peaches and garnished with the character '寿' (longevity). Finished with a sugar glaze for a lifelike presentation and a sweet, crumbly, refreshing taste.

1h 5m

Easy

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Ingredients

Long red dates (washed, boiled until soft, peeled and pitted, made into date paste) 150 g

Chinese yam (washed, steamed until soft, peeled, spots removed, mashed into fine paste) 50 g

Hawthorn cake (cut into long strips, used to spell the longevity character) 30 g

Red shreds (cut into fine bits, to garnish the peach tip and lower half) 20 g

Green plum (cut into fine bits, used as the peach stem) 20 g

Cooked pork lard (for cooking the date paste filling) 20 g

White sugar (for cooking the filling and making the sauce) 20 g

Starch (for making the thin sauce) 50 g

Green shreds (for outlining the leaf veins) to taste

Instructions

Make the date paste filling

Wash the long red dates, boil them until soft, peel and pit them, and mash them into a paste. Place the paste in a wok, add the cooked pork lard and white sugar, and cook it down into a thick date paste filling.

Make the yam paste

Wash the Chinese yam, steam it until soft, peel it and remove any spots, then mash it into a fine paste with a knife.

Cut the garnishes

Cut the hawthorn cake into long strips. Finely mince the red shreds and green plum into even bits.

Shape the peach

Take a large plate and place the date paste filling in the center. Cover it with the yam paste, shaping it into a peach form with two leaves. Smooth the tip. Use the green shreds to outline the leaf veins. Arrange the hawthorn cake strips on the body of the peach to spell the longevity character. Sprinkle the red shred bits over the peach tip and lower half as garnish, and set a green plum on top as the peach stem.

Steam

Steam in a steamer for 5 minutes, then remove.

Pour the sauce

In a saucepan, add water and white sugar and dissolve over medium heat. Thicken with wet starch to make a thin sauce, and gently pour it over the longevity peach. Serve.