Court Cheese

Name: Court Cheese
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100g milk; 40g Rice wine; 10g White sugar; Some Honey Red Beans

by Snow rose

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

30m

Serving

2

In the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, cheese was a palace snack that only the royal family could enjoy. Because the secret recipe of its craftsmanship was never passed on, it was rare to taste it even by high-ranking officials and relatives. Ordinary people have never heard of such delicacies... …. After many years, with the decline of the Qing court, the cheese that once symbolized the noble royal status was scattered among the people and became the most famous snack in old Beijing. Taste a bite, the essence of the combination of the slight smell of milk and the slight drunken rice wine, removes the smell of milk, adds a few more alcohol, cleanses the potency of the wine and adds a bit of drunkness. Once you taste it, you will be unforgettable familiarity. The taste, no wonder there are always people in the streets and alleys who spend their money in long queues to buy and eat.
Cheese was originally invented by the northern minorities. It is also called cheese or croissant. It is a semi-solidified food made from cow milk. Its traditional method is to put the prepared fresh milk and glutinous rice wine into a small bowl, then put it in a pine barrel to bake, and finally use ice cubes to cool it to solidify it. Although this method is traditional, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive and not suitable for family self-control. In fact, home-made only needs to mix rice wine juice and milk in a certain ratio, and then steam it over a low heat until it is condensed. Children's shoes who love cheese must try it. The taste is really amazing. Taste it. Suddenly, it overflowed with the rich milk flavor mixed with the mellow rice wine aroma, not to mention how delicious it was. You can also put some honey red beans or dried fruit that you like on the cheese to have a different flavor.

Ingredients

Court Cheese

1. Strain the homemade fermented rice to remove the grains of rice

2. Take 40 grams of fermented rice

3. Add a little sugar to the milk and cook until the sugar melts at a slight boiling point

4. After the milk cools, add the fermented rice

5. After stirring evenly, let stand for seven or eight minutes

6. Pour into a small steaming bowl, preferably with a cover, to reduce the intervention of water vapor and facilitate condensation

7. Put hot water on the pot, steam on low heat for about 20 minutes

8. Sprinkle with honey red beans or favorite dried fruit for a richer taste

Tips:
1. Remember to wait until the milk is warm and cool before mixing it with the rice wine juice, otherwise it will become cotton-like;
2. Choose a wide-mouth container to make, the finished product will have a better effect. The degree of coagulation of cheese has a great relationship with the quality of the raw materials, so you must choose high-quality raw materials.