Speaking of which, moon cakes first appeared as a tribute to the moon god.

It's just that with the gradual development of history, there is gradually a layer of myths and legends and symbols of reunion.

Su Zifang still remembers a record he saw in the imperial scenery of the Ming Dynasty when he was looking for the roasted tail banquet.

"On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the bread of its sacrifice will be round. The family set up the moonlight is located in the place where the moon is out, and if you worship the moon, you will burn the moonlight paper, withdraw the offering, and the scattered family will be all over. Moon cakes and moon fruits, relatives give reciprocation, and the cake has a diameter of two feet. ”

Su Zifang has eaten a lot of moon cakes since he was a child, including the kind of small moon cakes made by others and finished moon cakes bought outside, but the most unusual one is the one recorded in the Dijing scenery.

The bread has a diameter of two feet.

The diameter of a moon cake is 2 feet, 66 centimeters?

What kind of bread does this have to be?

As far as Su Zifang's insight is concerned, it is completely impossible to have such a big moon cake!

However, after he posted this passage to the silent group, Xie Guang suddenly sent a sentence.

"I've seen this mooncake, that's it!"

Talking and keeping up with a picture.

A large white dough shaped like a steamed bun is laid flat on the table, and below it is a basket cloth for a steamer.

The size comparison shows that this dough is really large, and the hands on it in the photo are only a quarter of the size.

Another picture also quickly appeared, an ordinary five-kernel mooncake on the side of the Big Mac dough cake, which is roughly equivalent to a beer bottle cap compared to a standard hot pot.

"This thing is a mooncake?"

Not to mention Su Zifang, the whole chef who was silent looked at this mooncake and was stunned and didn't know what to say.

"Yes. ”

Xie Guang said simply, and sent out another picture, this time in cross-section.

After everyone took a look, they all understood why this dough is called moon cake instead of steamed bun.

The upper and lower layers of the cut dough are white, and there are colorful sandwiches composed of gray-green, rose-red, golden-yellow, and orange in the middle.

"What kind of mooncake is this?"

Everyone had a question in their hearts.

Xie Guang replied unhurriedly: "Northwest moon cakes." ”

After speaking, he introduced the origin of this moon cake in detail for everyone.

"This is a moon cake spread in the northwest region, especially in Qingdao and Gansu provinces, also known as mille-feuille moon cake or earth moon cake, which is different from the moon cake in other places, and it should be the only moon cake that needs to be steamed in China!"

"In the past, the living conditions were not good, but in the Mid-Autumn Festival, I still had to eat moon cakes. ”

The local people use the fermented white flour to smear turmeric, red yeast rice, bitter bean flour, flax, oil, sugar rose and other condiments, stack them together, steam them, and then put different shapes and pastries to decorate. ”

"Later, it slowly moved towards two factions. ”

"One faction is mainly pragmatic, and it has become a simple mille-feuille mooncake, which is the kind I posted pictures. ”

"There is also a kind of modeling-based, will do a lot of good-looking shapes on the appearance, the common ones are butterflies, flowers, auspicious clouds and other lines, because the color matching is mainly yellow, red, green, so there is a unique Dunhuang flavor, looking the same as Dunhuang dance. ”

While speaking, Xie Guang sent another photo into the group, and the delicate and intricate patterns on it instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"These are all face sculptures?"

Zhang Zidan and Zhao Xiaoman, as beginners in food carving, were a little shocked by the picture they saw in front of them.

It's okay for them to do this with the ingredients, but these are steamed pastries.

You must know that the fermented dough will swell and deform after steaming, which is also the reason why the pig bread and bear cake on many Internet celebrity tutorials overturned.

The deformed ratio between the dough and the steamed dough is difficult to grasp, and only absolute white-case veterans can grasp it.

With Xie Guang's current strength, he doesn't dare to challenge this kind of dough with complicated decorations, which shows how difficult this thing is.

"Master Xie, where did you shoot this?"

Su Zifang is most concerned about this!

If you can make a good taste of the Northwest moon cake, it will be the first time in Jingling City, and this beautiful and chic moon cake will definitely attract many people to like it.

Maybe it's another blockbuster booking!

"A few days ago, Master Ye posted on Moments, and I saw that he was located in Gan Province, and it is estimated that he learned there. ”

"Can I ask how?"

"Give it a try!"

Xie Guang didn't pack the ticket either, and tentatively sent a message.

Ten minutes later, Ye Jiawen's message came back: "It just so happened that I recorded a video two days ago, but it's a bit big, you wait, I'll split up with you!"

Xie Guang didn't hide his secrets, they all went to the big group, and everyone appreciated the practice of this grand moon cake together. ”

Different from the way small moon cakes are made, the northwest moon cakes are steamed.

In the video taken by Ye Jiawen, a woman wearing a triangular headscarf is face-to-face.

A panel about the size of a six-person dining table was used, and about fifty pounds of flour were kneaded into a ball on the board and cut into more than a dozen pieces.

Ye Jiawen's narration told everyone.

"This is the moon cake that the villagers want to make for the whole village to eat, because this Aunt Hu is the best at making moon cakes in the village, so this time she will take the lead, and there are four villagers together to give her a hand. ”

The video swept, and several women with lenses on the side smiled shyly at the camera, and quickly devoted themselves to their work.

One is responsible for crushing all the spices into powder, one is responsible for rolling out the sliced ingredients into dough, one is responsible for taking care of the fire, and the other is in charge of the dough.

"Because the mooncakes are relatively large, even the largest steamer can't fit one, so they have to be divided into two to steam. ”

As he spoke, a group of villagers appeared in the video, carrying a set of steamers with a diameter of more than one meter, followed by people carrying iron pots, pot racks and firewood of the same caliber.

"A big festival like this only happens twice a year, even here, so every time it's a huge one. ”

Su Zifang suddenly felt that Ye Jiawen might have been dragged to do the guidance or dubbing of food documentaries, otherwise it would be impossible to have a film and editing of this quality.

Just thinking about it, I started making mooncakes.

Brush the dried dough with a layer of yellow sesame oil, and then sprinkle the powdered seasoning on it, evenly and sufficiently, and the whole dough becomes a little thicker.

Layer by layer, the same, and after all the sprinkled were done, Su Zifang found that the dough of this moon cake was not uniform, but large and small.

At this time, Aunt Hu appeared.

You don't need to say much, just reach out and grab it to know which bread is where.

In less than three minutes, a stacked dough tower appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Ye Jiawen's voice sounded again.

"It's about to enter the most critical closing and steaming process......"

The video came to an abrupt end here.

Su Zifang looked at Xie Guang suspiciously: "Is there still an advertisement here?"

Xie Guang looked at the screen and shook his head: "No." ”

"Master Ye said that he entered the mountain and there was no net!"

Su Zifang: ......

For the first time in his life, he found that there was no signal, so let's not talk about it, this thing is actually true!