Soap beans, silver ears and peach gum
Recipe | snow fungus and snow pear sweet soup
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Snow fungus and snow pear sweet soup [Photo by Pauline D. Loh/China Daily] |
Ingredients (serves 2):
10g snow fungus, soaked in plenty of water until it blooms
1 snow pear (Nashi pear)
30g mixed apricot kernels (nanbeixing)
Rock sugar to taste
Method:
1. Peel and core the pears and cut the fruit into little cubes.
2. Snip the snow fungus into little florets.
3. Heat up 800 ml water in a saucepan and bring to a bowl, add the mixed apricot kernels and pear cubes. Add the snow fungus.
4. Bring to a boil and reduce immediately to a low simmer for about 40 minutes or until the pear and fungus buds are very soft. Add rock sugar to taste.
5. Serve hot for best effect.
NOTE: Mixed apricot kernels or nanbeixing is a mixture of the larger, sweeter heart-shaped "southern" apricot kernels, and the smaller "northern" kernels with its bitter almond flavor. You can buy the mixture from medicine shops, groceries or from larger supermarkets.
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