Speaking of Nanjing specialties, I believe many of my friends will think of salted duck. Indeed, salted duck (also known as “sweet-scented osmanthus duck”) is the most prestigious Nanjing specialty cuisines, delicious taste, tender white skin, fat but not greasy, can be described as color, flavor and taste, think of all people to DC saliva.
Nanjing salted duck specialties
Salted duck History
This road salted specialties in Nanjing prestigious, has more than two thousand years of history. “White Door recipe” reads: “Jinling August period, salted famous, everyone thought that the meat has a fragrance too.” Osmanthus duck “clear and purpose, food is too long”, is the drinks to share.
The famous Confucius Temple in Nanjing salted duck and also inextricably linked. According to legend the Qing Dynasty, which is salted duck just pop when the examination halls Nanjing Confucius Temple area is a gathering place for the candidates. Candidates that time than it is today, particularly hard, especially hard. Candidates also very popular then eat, drink and bribe giver of the wind. Strange to say, they do not send gifts of gold and silver cigarettes were famous or something, they send stylish Nanjing salted duck, Nanjing duck. Thus, Nanjing duck, salted duck, began to move toward the country. It is said that at that time, the Empress Dowager Cixi to this place every year to purchase five hundred salted duck and duck back. Shows how this delicious salted, but at that time, and salted duck also received a resounding name of the first – the “Nanjing tribute duck.”
Salted duck features
Salted very tasty, color, flavor and taste, is looking for a mouth-watering specialties. Speaking about this salted characteristics, can be attributed to three words: fragrant, crisp, tender. Salted duck tender white skin, fat but not greasy, fragrant flavor the United States, it is a rare delicacy.
Nanjing salted duck specialties
Salted duck in Nanjing
Nanjing on the table is known as “no duck, not a seat,” said the duck and very particular about food, such as spring eat duck and duck spring. Duck soup simmer for summer use Qushu heat. Winter is the duck swept the market. Osmanthus salted the four seasons. Speaking, Nanjing salted duck weekdays favorite, sweet-scented osmanthus duck is one of the elegant products.
Salted duck practices
[Material] duck 600g, pepper powder 4g, salt 16g, geraniol 2, 3 slices of ginger, star anise 2, wine 5ml, onion 1, salt and pepper amount.
[Practice]
1, the pepper powder and salt pot fry
2, duck washed with hot pepper and put the duck body 4 hours, hung up to dry
3, in the pot by adding star anise, bay leaves, wine, ginger, onions and dried duck, duck not seen water body
4, simmer one hour, using chopsticks to poke move
Nanjing has a lot of specialties, which is considered more representative salted kind. If you go to Nanjing, must remember to savor the next oh.
