What is sesame candy?

Sesame candy is a traditional snack, which originated in the Ming Dynasty and is most famous in Xiaogan, Hubei.

Sesame candy is a pure natural green food which is refined from glutinous rice, sesame and maltose, and does not contain any chemical pollution and additives. Sesame sugar is famous for its unique flavor of fragrant, sweet, thin and crisp. It has the characteristics of typical fragrance but not bright, sweet but not greasy and endless aftertaste. The jade comb is as white as jade, as thin as cicada wings and as sweet as honey. It is nutritious, contains protein, glucose and vitamins, and has the effects of warming lung, nourishing stomach, nourishing liver and tonifying kidney.

Chinese name

Sesame seed candy

English name

Sesame seed candy

major constituent

Glutinous rice, sesame, sugar

classify

dessert

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Product characteristics

manufacturing method

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Industry development

Professional culture

brief introduction

Sesame candy takes refined glutinous rice, high-quality sesame seeds and maltose as the main raw materials, with some new flavors such as peanuts, ginger, burnt salt and pistachios. It is carefully prepared by traditional formula and made by 12 technological processes and 32 processes. Xiaogan sesame candy looks like a comb, with the color of Bai Rushuang, fragrant smell and unique flavor.

Xiaogan sesame candy is a famous local product in Xiaogan, Hubei Province. It has been evaluated by gourmets as delicious, sweet, thin and crisp flavor in Xian Yi and Xian Yi, and has long been famous all over the country.

According to records, the production of sesame candy began in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years. Its production process is divided into three steps: using glutinous rice and malt as raw materials to produce maltose; Hulling sesame seeds and processing them into mature hemp seeds; Then the caramel and hemp seed are collected, mixed, sliced and packaged.

Each piece of Xiaogan sesame candy is comb-shaped, and caramel and sesame seeds with shells are mixed evenly. The slice is extremely thin, sweet and delicious, and has a unique flavor. Legend has it that this is a tribute to the emperor. Nowadays, the production scale of sesame sugar is gradually expanding, and the general public and tourists coming to Hubei have tasted delicious food.

Product characteristics

Sesame sugar is famous for its unique flavor of fragrance, sweetness, thinness, crispness and whiteness, and has won unanimous praise from consumers. Sweet and delicious, rich in nutrition, containing protein, glucose and vitamins, it has the effects of moistening dryness, warming lung and nourishing stomach. Elegant color, crisp and sweet, delicate taste and unique flavor.

Sesame seed candy

The formula is based on refined glutinous rice, high-quality sesame seeds and maltose, with peanuts, ginger, burnt salt and pistachios. Through 12 process flows and 32 links. Xiaogan sesame candy is shaped like a comb, with Bai Rushuang color, fragrant smell, unique flavor and rich nutrition. It contains protein, glucose and various vitamins, and has the effects of warming lung, nourishing stomach, nourishing liver and tonifying kidney.

The main producing area of finished products is Babukou in the south of Xiaogan City. It is said that only by boiling sugar in the pond outside the west gate of Chengguan can we make good sesame candy.

manufacturing method

Ingredients: 500g sesame, 250g soft sugar and 250g maltose.

*** 12 sheets

Making material

Technology: caramel → white sugar → melting → boiling sugar → cooling → blanching → mixing hemp → cooling molding → slicing → setting → cooling → weighing → packaging → finished product.

1. Wash sesame seeds, soak and peel them, put them in a wok and fry until cooked.

2. Wash the glutinous rice, steam it, and add malt to make caramel. three