Pepper Cake
by Espresso light mood
Favorite
Difficulty
Easy
Time
2h
Serving
3
Pepper crackers are one of the most popular afternoon snacks in Taiwan, with a century-old history. It is said that the pepper cake originated from the "scallion patties" in Fuzhou, mainland China. After the onion patties entered Taiwan from Fuzhou, it may be that Taiwanese peppers are cheap, or to make the taste better, pepper is added to the "scallion patties". In Hokkien dialect, "Fuzhou" happens to sound "pepper", hence the name "pepper cake".
The "content" of making pepper cakes is very simple. Fresh and fragrant green onions, finely chopped meat fillings, adjust to a salty and slightly sweet taste, and add a certain amount of pepper. In addition to the "fat noodles" like the ordinary fried buns, the outer skin also needs to add some "buff pastry" to make the noodles not too crispy and not too hard to bite.
Let me say a few more words about the relationship between Chinese dim sum and lard. I often see people say that they don’t like lard, can they be replaced with fragrant butter or other fats, I think it’s better not to, if it’s replaced with butter, it’s definitely not the taste of our traditional Chinese dim sum, so you lose the taste of traditional dim sum The significance of this, if it is really unacceptable or there is really no lard at home, and you really want to eat Chinese dim sum, you can use vegetable oil with no special smell instead, but it is best not to use western dim sum fat.
This dim sum must be eaten hot to get the best out of the peppery flavor and taste the best.
The "content" of making pepper cakes is very simple. Fresh and fragrant green onions, finely chopped meat fillings, adjust to a salty and slightly sweet taste, and add a certain amount of pepper. In addition to the "fat noodles" like the ordinary fried buns, the outer skin also needs to add some "buff pastry" to make the noodles not too crispy and not too hard to bite.
Let me say a few more words about the relationship between Chinese dim sum and lard. I often see people say that they don’t like lard, can they be replaced with fragrant butter or other fats, I think it’s better not to, if it’s replaced with butter, it’s definitely not the taste of our traditional Chinese dim sum, so you lose the taste of traditional dim sum The significance of this, if it is really unacceptable or there is really no lard at home, and you really want to eat Chinese dim sum, you can use vegetable oil with no special smell instead, but it is best not to use western dim sum fat.
This dim sum must be eaten hot to get the best out of the peppery flavor and taste the best.
