[Sca-cooks] Dragon Beard Candy

[Huette von Ahrens]

Interesting recipe.  But they neglected to say where the desiccated coconut goes.

Huette

--- Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >
> >
> >> 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).
> >
> >
> > 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
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