Red Dates (Jujube)
スープが極上のスイーツに！？天然の甘みを極限まで放出する赤いなつめ
Description
Dried fully ripe jujube fruits. Has intense natural sweetness, absolutely essential for sweetening Taiwanese medicinal soups and warm sweets (like Oshiruko).
Classification: For Women,Dried Spice,Sweet Ruby of Taiwan Medicinal Food
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How to use
Ingredients
- Hongzao(Dried red dates/jujube)
Instructions
- [Usage Secret]
- [Medicinal Chicken Soup] Toss into the pot with Dong Quai and Astragalus. A 'mellow, elegant sweetness' impossible with sugar permeates the soup.
- [Hong Dou Tang (Taiwanese Oshiruko)] Adding Red Dates when boiling adzuki beans dramatically enriches the flavor.
- [White Fungus Soup] Float in gooey-boiled white fungus soup. The ultimate beauty sweet loved by Taiwanese women.
- Nibbling it straight as a tea snack is also a staple.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Rich sweet aroma like boiled down apples or sweet potatoes
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Prunes or raisins (but acidity will be stronger)
Pairing
Medicinal chicken soup, White fungus soup, Oshiruko
Trivia
[For Women] Rich in vitamins/iron, hailed as the god of anti-aging, per the Chinese proverb 'Eat 3 dates a day, look young at 100'. Hard to extract sweetness whole, so the Taiwanese mom's iron rule is 'cracking slightly with fingers (or snipping with scissors)' right before putting in soup.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Slit dried Red Dates lengthwise, sandwich 'glutinous rice balls (Tangyuan)' inside, and steam. 'Xin Tai Ruan' is the ultimate court sweet exploding with chewiness and sweetness!
Allergen
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