Description
A delicate traditional sweet where a block of boiled maltose is artisanally hand-pulled repeatedly into tens of thousands of silk threads (dragon's beard), enclosing peanut powder.
Restaurants serving Dragon's Beard Candy
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Maltose(Starch syrup)
- Peanut powder
- Black sesame
- Glutinous rice flour(for dusting)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Candy Prep] Boil down maltose (starch syrup) and honey, cool and harden into an amber, donut-shaped block of hard candy.
- [Dragon's Beard Performance] The stall artisan heavily dusts this candy ring with 'glutinous rice flour (or cornstarch: to prevent sticking)', pulls it with both hands to stretch, twists into a figure-8, and doubles it.
- Repeating this 'stretch, twist, fold' action many times (~
- times) magically transforms one thick candy ring into '16,000' ultra-thin silk threads (Dragon's Beard).
- [Wrapping] Snip bundles of these silk-like threads short with scissors.
- Place a filling of crushed peanut powder (Hua Sheng Fen), black sesame, and a little sugar in the center of a bundle, wrapping it gently like a cocoon.
- Serve in a plastic pack. Highly susceptible to melting from humidity, so the iron rule is eating immediately.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Peanut and Maltose sweet aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Irreplaceable (due to highly specialized method)
Pairing
Warm Taiwan Tea(to melt candy in mouth)
Trivia
[For Everyone] A traditional sweet once offered to Emperors in the Chinese imperial court. Resembles 'dragon's white beard'. The vendor's dynamic yet delicate stall performance is art. Extremely weak to humidity, so not suited for souvenirs; best eaten on the spot.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Pinch gently with fingers and pop in your mouth; experience the magic as tens of thousands of fine candy threads melt 'fizz' instantly with saliva, releasing savory peanuts from inside!
Allergen
Peanuts, Sesame