[Sca-cooks] Dragon Beard Candy

[Susan Fox]

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>> Just an online demo of confectionary that I thought people here  
>> might find interesting.  They don't seem to include the recipe,  
>> which is not surprising because they are trying to sell the candy,  yes?
>> http://www.yuzumura.com/bamboogarden/ma ster8mb.wmv <http:// 
>> www.yuzumura.com/bamboogarden/master8mb.wmv> (no, I'm not sure how  
>> big it is).
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> What I got was 8.4 MBs, and thank heaven for mplayer, since I refuse  
> to have Windows Media Player on my hard drive.
>
> This is pretty fascinating stuff, though. The voice-over claims it's  
> made from sugar and maltose (in this context a heavy syrup usually  
> derived from malted rice), which past experience suggests is used to  
> prevent undue crystallization at inopportune moments. I imagine it's  
> cooked to a taffy-like consistency, somewhere short of hard crack,  
> and the actual hand work appears to be identical to that for Dragon's  
> Beard Noodles. What makes this interesting is the pulling designed  
> not only to smooth out lumps, but, I suspect, add via friction to the  
> ambient heat of the sugar mass, keeping it softer and more pliable  
> than it would otherwise be.
>
> Adamantius


I hoped you would check in on this topic!  I'm not sure why my friend 
came up with this now, since this appears to be a Lunar New Year treat 
at the other end of the year, but I enjoyed watching the hand-work.

I've been hitting Google hard all morning and finally found one recipe 
that I could read:

http://www.makansutra.com/forums/singapore/viewtopic.php?t=3298&view=next&sid=71f2256306656b6b2407a58b23cdf2a0 
<http://www.makansutra.com/forums/singapore/viewtopic.php?t=3298&view=next&sid=71f2256306656b6b2407a58b23cdf2a0> 



Dragon Hair Candy

Ingredients :
75g Desiccated coconut
75g White sugar
75g Peanut
38g White seasame
150g Corn syrup
1 bowl glutinous rice flour

Method :
(1) Bring corn syrup to boil over mild heat for 5 mins until thick. Put 
into refrigerator for 4 hours.
(2) Dig a hole in the middle of corn syrup & coat with glutinous rice flour.
(3) Stretch along the hole, when become a big ring and make it to 8 
shape like 2 small rings and put 2 rings together. Repeat till it like silk.
(4) Grate the peanuts, mix it with seasame & sugar.
(5) Cut the silk sugar into pieces, wrap it with mixed peanuts.

Best always, Selene