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Imperial yogurt 宫廷奶酪

Welcome To RecipesHitz.blogspot.com | Yogurt was non mutual years agone inwards China. Yogurt has been in addition to withal eaten mainly yesteryear the upper northerners, Mongolia surface area or muslim population who enhance sheep/goats in addition to caprine animal milk yogurt is quite mutual in addition to traditional amid them. Today many bigger cities inwards Red People's Republic of China are no departure to whatsoever cosmopolitan cities inwards the world, western mode yogurt or yogurt drinks are available everywhere.

I don't desire to beak almost caprine animal milk yogurt or western yogurt. The theme today is an majestic palace yogurt recipe, a favourite amongst the Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后. This is a recipe over 100 years old. It's called Imperial yogurt (gong ting nai lao 宫廷奶酪). I retrieve moo-cow milk was precious inwards Red People's Republic of China hundred years agone hence it was skilful plenty for the royals.


Gong ting nai lao is mutual inwards Beijing but I accept non come upward across it exterior China. I wonder why Cantonese ginger milk curd is mutual amid Chinese all over the basis but not gong ting nai lao. If yous accept a sweetness molar similar mine in addition to honey this sort of custard similar dessert similar dou fu fa (soy milk curd), ginger milk curd, double peel custard etc.. yous volition similar this gong ting nai lao.

This majestic yogurt is similar inwards texture but totally dissimilar sense of savor to Cantonese ginger milk curd. Both must purpose total cream milk in addition to accept none of the sour sense of savor similar normal yogurt nosotros know. Ginger milk curd is dominantly flavoured yesteryear ginger juice in addition to laid yesteryear enzyme from the ginger juice. Imperial yogurt original element other than milk is juice from fermented rice called lao zao zhi 醪糟汁. This majestic yogurt is sweetness amongst a fragrant rice vino season (like sake) to a greater extent than frail than ginger. The ingredients for this depression alcoholic milk curd is real uncomplicated exactly total cream milk, lao zao zhi 醪糟汁 and extra saccharide if needed. I never add together sugar, I notice the sweetness from the fermented rice juice is plenty to sweeten to curd. This mixture is heated till the milk is set. Traditionally the milk mixture was baked inwards a large woods barrel heated yesteryear charcoal. There are recipes using steaming, I accept tried steaming in addition to did non similar it real much, the curd separated amongst a thick layer of clear liquid at the bottom, I regard the rut was besides high or I overcooked it. The easiest way I notice is but bake it at depression temperature. I am withal curious what makes this majestic yogurt set, is it the active friendly bacteria/yeast or the alcohol inwards the fermented rice juice reacting amongst milk amongst the aid of heat.

If yous accept around fermented rice give this a sweat it's a lovely dessert.

I accept followed recipes I constitute on the internet, normal proportion of milk to fermented rice juice (lao zao zhi 醪糟汁) is 2 : 1. I notice the season besides potent in addition to besides sweetness without additional sugar. I accept also lower the recommended temperature of 110 deg C after a few trials in addition to errors, I notice lowering the temperature is less probable to crusade the curd to split amongst a layer of clear liquid underneath.

This is my recommended recipe after trials in addition to errors.
  1. Proportion of total cream milk to lao zao zhi 醪糟汁 is iii : 1. Use freshly opened milk that does non accept whatsoever hint bad milk smell. If yes the milk has already started to plough in addition to volition curdle during heating.
  2. Heat milk on the stove or microwave (I commonly microwave) till milk is hot but non boiling. This is to kill whatsoever unwanted bacteria or nasties that may touching on the curd. I commonly brand 2 bowls of this curd using 300 ml milk heated for almost four minutes inwards the microwave on high. Cover the milk in addition to operate out to cool so sieve to take whatsoever solids.
  3. Take around fermented rice in addition to pose on a slice muslin cloth. Wrap in addition to squash out the juice. Measure required sum (100ml juice for 300ml milk).
  4. Mix cooled milk in addition to juice together, add together a fighting to a greater extent than saccharide if yous similar it sweeter. Stir in addition to pour into ramekins, rice bowls or drinking glass containers.
  5. Put inwards oven at almost xc deg C for almost thirty minutes or till yous tin run into the surface has set, or when lightly milkshake the bowl the surface volition wobble. Check after 25 minutes inwards the oven, so every v - 8 minutes later. If at that spot is to a greater extent than than 0.5cm layer of liquid separated on the bottom it is overcooked, sweat over again adjacent fourth dimension amongst a shorter baking time. To banking concern gibe the layer of liquid on the bottom best purpose a drinking glass ramekin.
  6. Remove from oven, encompass in addition to operate out to cool. Chill inwards the refrigerator in addition to serve.
If yous similar a firmer yogurt add together 2 - iii tbsp milk pulverization per 300ml milk. Mix this inwards earlier milk is heated or when the heated has cooled to warm temperature. 

* Nai lao 奶酪 commonly way cheese inwards Chinese but inwards the recipe it is a yogurt. Don't enquire me why.