Honey-Glazed Pear Balls
A traditional Shandong dessert: shredded pears formed into balls, deep-fried until golden, and coated in honey glaze. Sweet, fragrant, and pleasing to the palate.
Ingredients
Pineapple (peeled, cored, and cut into shreds)
500 g
Honey
100 g
White sugar
200 g
Egg white (for mixing)
to taste
Starch (for mixing)
to taste
Flour (for mixing)
to taste
Vegetable oil (for frying)
to taste
Water (for caramelizing sugar)
to taste
Instructions
1
Make the pear balls
Peel and core the pear, cut into shreds, add egg white, starch, and flour, mix well, and shape into balls.
2
Frying
Place the pear balls in medium-hot oil (about 5-tenths-hot) and fry until golden brown, then remove and drain the oil.
3
Reduce the sauce
Caramelize the sugar, add water, white sugar, and pear balls, and reduce the sauce over low heat. When thickened, stir in the honey, drizzle with bright oil, and plate to serve.