How to make Yuanxiao fillings
Overview
Today is the Lantern Festival, I wish all my friends a happy family and all the best! Every year, the Lantern Festival is eaten outside, or there is a long queue to buy freshly made Yuanxiao from a time-honored brand. This year we have decided not to eat Yuanxiao bought from outside, but to make Yuanxiao by ourselves. The most important thing about Yuanxiao is the taste of the fillings. I have tried many kinds of fillings over the years, and my favorite is black sesame. So this time I specially made black sesame and peanut. The filling I made is absolutely natural and has high nutritional value. Originally, there should be some lard in the filling, but I have a 6-year-old baby at home and I still don’t want her to eat these oily things. When eating at home, try to focus on health! But it wouldn’t work without a little oil, so I added some sesame oil to it. They are actually the same thing! In addition to the sugar, I used powdered sugar. If you don’t have it at home, you can use ordinary sugar.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Stir-fry the black sesame seeds in a pot over low heat. The heat must be low.
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Slowly you can smell the real aroma of sesame seeds, and the sesame seeds are now fried.
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Stir-fry raw peanuts in a pot over low heat.
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When you see the peanut skin peeling off on its own, it's done.
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Fried black sesame seeds and peanuts are set aside.
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Just choose either powdered sugar or white granulated sugar.
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Put black sesame seeds in grinder.
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Put peanuts and powdered sugar in the grinder. The amount of powdered sugar depends on the amount of black sesame seeds. If you feel it is not sweet enough when grinding, you can add more.
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When polishing, you need to stop for a few tens of seconds, otherwise the machine will easily burn. And you can shake it at any time to make it more even.
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After beating 2 or 3 times, the peanuts and black sesame seeds have been basically ground, and you can feel some lumps forming, which means oil is coming out.
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Add some sesame oil at this time to make the texture of the filling more moist.
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After beating it a few more times, if you see obvious lumps, it’s basically done. (My husband said he likes the feeling of peanuts. If you like it, put the peanuts in later)
