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07 Oct, 2009

Chinese cuisine:Ham with lotus seeds

Posted by: sunny In: China travel| chinese cuisine ()

Ingredients (for 4 to 6 people):
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 pinch cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1 small cup of lotus seeds or peanuts
- 1 slice of ham costs 5 cm thick (about 1 to 1.25 kg)

- - Ingredients for the sauce with honey
- 3 tablespoons liquid honey
- Tablespoon 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon of cornstarch diluted in 3 tablespoons water

Preparation: Put the ham in one piece in a baking dish. Put it in a steamer and cook it in steam 1 hour (or lay flat on the bowl back to the bottom of a large casserole containing 2.5 cm of water bring to boil, turn and leave cook 1 hour). Cut ham into 8 pieces and then rebuild the band. Put cinnamon, brown sugar and water in a saucepan and heat until sugar is melted. Add the lotus seeds that you mix it well in this syrup. Mix all sauce ingredients

Cooking: spread the lotus seeds and syrup over the ham. Teportez le plat dans la marmite à vapeur et faites cuire à la vapeur encore 1h30. Teportez the dish in the steamer and let steam still 1:30. Versez la sauce dans une petite casserole et faites-la cuire, sans cesser de remuer, jusqu’à ce qu’elle ait épaissi. Pour the sauce into a small saucepan and let cook, stirring constantly until it thickens.

Presentation: Pour the sauce over the ham. It should be soft enough for it can be debited into small pieces with chopsticks

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