Wenzhou lard cake, also known as fat oil cake, is a traditional specialty cake in Wenzhou, which has been famous as early as the Qing Dynasty, and the Yuan and Wei Ting Zhi call it "Wuzhong Jiazhi". Wenzhou lard cake is a thin glutinous rice ball made of glutinous rice and white sugar, fried in lard until the skin is slightly crisp, sprinkled with some white sugar when eating, and then wrapped in rice dumpling leaves, the entrance oil is not greasy. Lard cake, crispy on the outside and tough on the inside, sweet and delicious, is the taste that Wenzhou people never forget. Lard cake is simple and simple, and has been loved by generations of Wenzhou people.
I remember when I was a child, the lard cake I ate was fried by a grandfather on the street, the lard cake was raw inside a circle of pink, the middle was sandwiched with a piece of fat pork, the two sides of the pot before the pot were dipped in white sugar, a drop in the pot, nourishing the heat, the sugar in the hot oil melted into a golden shell, sandwiched in the middle of the fat meat in the frying, the oil will seep out from the middle, soaked in the whole piece of lard cake, the fragrance of glutinous rice and meat aroma, at this time produced a unique chemical reaction. Out of the pot to take a wrapped leaf, the fragrance is permeated with sweet aroma, bite down, crisp and sweet, very delicious.
Lard cake is a flavor snack with Wenzhou characteristics, which is deeply loved by Wenzhou people. Lard cake carries the memories of Wenzhou people from childhood to adulthood, a special cake made of lard, the entrance is delicate and soft, oily but not greasy, while hot to eat very sweet and delicious. A perfect piece of lard cake, in addition to a lot of effort in the production, the frying process is also very important, as its name, this cake is to be fried by lard, although now people are afraid of fat, gradually with vegetable oil instead of animal oil, but the aroma produced after frying lard, it is also difficult to refuse. The lard cake is tender on the outside, soft and sticky, it can be said that the teeth and cheeks are fragrant, so delicious that you even have to bite your tongue into it.
The fried lard cake, with a golden yellow color on the outside, is very crisp without eating it, and it is very soft on the inside, with the mellow aroma of black sesame seeds. The summer lard cake is very tempting, glutinous rice flour with black sesame seeds on both sides of the fried yellow, smeared with a thick layer of white sugar to eat, very fragrant. Nowadays, there are more and more snacks, people have more and more choices, in order to retain the traditional snack of lard cake, now, many chefs have begun to improve the lard cake, using japonica rice flour instead of white rice flour, using bean paste chocolate instead of pigment, moving it from the streets into restaurants and hotels. After this series of efforts, traditional food has once again been rejuvenated. Friends, Wenzhou lard cake, crispy on the outside, sweet and delicious, is the taste of Wenzhou people can't forget, have you eaten?