Free Recipe Peking Dust #1
Recipe Type: D Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Ingredients for Peking Dust #1 Recipe
1 lb Chestnuts
Water to cover
1/4 c Sugar
1 pn Salt
1 -(up to)
2 c Heavy cream
2 tb Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla extract
Peking Dust #1 Preparation
1. Score chestnuts by making a crisscross cut on the flat side of each one. 2. Bring water to a boil. Add chestnuts and cook until soft (about 40 minutes). Drain, let cool and shell. 3. Mince or grind chestnut meats; then blend in sugar and salt. Shape the mixture as a mound on a serving platter. 4. Whip cream. Then fold in powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Arrange as a topping over chestnut mound. 5. Serve garnished with either preserved kumquats or maraschino cherries; or with Glazed Fruit for Peking Dust , which must be prepared in advance (see recipe). VARIATION: In step 4, fold half the sweetened whipped cream into the chestnut mixture. Pack the mixture into an oiled mold or bowl; then carefully invert onto a serving platter. Top with remaining whipped cream, and garnish as in step 5. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.
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Recipe Serves: 4
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