Jujube Paste Filling for Moon Cakes

Name: Jujube Paste Filling for Moon Cakes
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 700g Pitted red dates; Some brown sugar; Some White sugar; 80g Corn oil

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Favorite

1

Difficulty

Normal

Time

2h

Serving

2

A small red date has a strong effect. The Chinese herbal medicine book "Ben Jing" records that red dates are sweet in taste, warm in the spleen and stomach meridian, and have the functions of nourishing the middle and nourishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, and alleviating the properties of medicine. Modern pharmacological research has shown that red dates can increase the oxygen content in the blood and nourish the cells of the whole body. It is a tonic agent with alleviating drug effects.
Jujube has many functions-invigorating the spleen and stomach, enhancing human immunity, nourishing qi and blood, strengthening muscle strength, relieving medicinal properties, calming nerves, anti-allergic, anti-cancer, etc.
When women often suffer from depression and restlessness, use red dates, licorice, and wheat together (Gum Mai and Red Date Soup) to nourish the blood and calm the nerves, soothe the liver and relieve depression.
In daily life, eat a few more red dates to achieve the effect of anger and blood nourishment. "

Ingredients

700g Pitted Red Dates
Some Brown Sugar
Some White Sugar

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80g Corn Oil

Jujube Paste Filling for Moon Cakes

1. Chop the big red dates in half and remove the jujube cores

2. Put it in a boiling pot and soak in water for about an hour

3. Boil on medium heat, press it hard with a spoon, and it will become puree.

4. Sift and remove the jujube skin

5. Put it in a non-stick wok, stir-fry on low heat, add corn oil halfway through, wait until the oil and jujube puree are fully fused each time before adding the oil

6. Stir-fry the water to form a dough

7. Come to a close-up

8. Can be sprinkled with white sesame seeds

9. Finished moon cake

10. Another moon cake specific

Tips:
1. The red dates themselves are already very sweet, so the amount of brown sugar and white sugar in the above list is just a reference, please increase or decrease according to your personal taste;
2. Boil it until it becomes a slightly harder paste, and it will be harder after cooling;
3. White sesame can be added or not