炖狮子头 图片来源:Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen,2024 年。脆皮桃花饼 图片来源:Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen,2024 年。奶油木瓜片 图片来源:Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen,2024 年。南瓜汤 图片来源:Chen Jing for My Chinese Home Kitchen,2024 年。
Stewed lion's head is a traditional Chinese banquet dish in Jiangsu Province, China, which belongs to the Huaiyang tradition of Suzhou cuisine. So why is this dish called "Lion's Head"? Because this dish uses pork to chop and make large meatballs, the dish embodies a sense of majesty and domineering, so it is named "Lion's Head." In terms of choosing ingredients, the ratio of fat to lean pork is best 3:7. The stewed lion's head is soft, fat but not greasy. Today, we're going to make a simplified version of a stewed lion's head.
This is a simple, elegant desert, chock full of vitamins and anti-oxidants. It takes a few hours in the refrigerator to set, so, prepare it several hours or the night before your dinner. The filling is made from warm milk mixed with unflavored gelatin, poured into cavity left by the seeds. This is not a true custard, as it does not use eggs, but the consistency is about the same.The exact amount of milk and gelatin depends on the size of the papaya you are using, but if you are using Knox unflavored gelatin, the ratio is 1 packet (2 teaspoons or 7 grams) to 16 ounces (500 ml) whole milk. The milk helps the gelatin to form. Fruits like papaya have protease enzymes that will break down the collagen in the gelatin to keep it from becoming firm. When it is set, it will have the consistency of jelly or pudding.In Europe and Asia, leaf or sheet gelatin is available. The equivalency is about 5 sheets of leaf gelatin to one packet (7 grams) Knox powdered gelatin.
My Chinese Home Kitchen does not accept paid endorsements of products or participate in affiliate marketing. Products or brands listed are those we actually use ourselves. Opinions about those products are entirely our own, free of commercial influence. We are also ad-free. All of our support comes from private sources and the generous contributions of readers like you.