Red Date and Silver Ear Soup
Bloody, nourishing white cherry blossom soup with a scent of red dates
Description
A beauty and health soup commonly drunk by Taiwanese women, featuring silver ear mushrooms simmered with 'Red Dates' (Hongzao), believed to enrich the blood.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Silver ear mushroom
- Red dates
- Goji berries
- Rock sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Rehydrate silver ear, trim, and tear.
- Wash red dates and make slight slits for flavor release.
- Put water, silver ear, red dates, and goji berries in a pot.
- Simmer on low for ~
- hour until the mushroom is viscous and the sweet date aroma permeates.
- Add rock sugar (or brown sugar) to taste.
- Eat warm for circulation or chilled as a summer dessert.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Fruity sweetness of red dates
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese red dates, White wood ear
Pairing
All Dim Sum
Trivia
[For Women] Red dates are so prized in Chinese medicine it's said '3 a day keeps aging away'. Combined with silver ear, they form a 'supreme beauty duo' for hydration and blood enrichment.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Press the 'red dates'—plump with soup—with a spoon to release their essence, mixing it with the silver ear before eating!
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