What fruit is the deciduous tree chicken-claw pear? Ripening months and how to eat it steeped in water
Chicken-claw pear, botanical name Hovenia dulcis, also called guaijiao, guaizao, linqin, wanzi pear, wanshou fruit, wanwei fruit, golden hook, chicken spur, wood honey, pear jujube, jierouzi, gou, etc., a deciduous tree, growing on sunny slopes, valleys, ditch sides and roadsides or cultivated.So what fruit is chicken-claw pear? In which month does it generally ripen? Can it be steeped in water to drink? How is it eaten? It is said that in the south it is called chicken-claw lotus, is a kind of fruit, very tasty, very sweet, can be eaten raw, and can also be steeped in liquor.
In which month does chicken-claw pear generally ripen?
The fruit stalk of chicken-claw pear is fleshy, twisted, red-brown; the fruit is nearly spherical, hairless, about 7 mm in diameter, gray-brown. The fruit shape resembles the swastika character “&rdquo, hence it is called wanshou fruit. The flowering period is June, and the fruiting period is August to October.
Can chicken-claw pear be steeped in water to drink? How is it eaten?
Chicken-claw pear can not only be steeped in water but can also be steeped in liquor.
Complete guide to ways of eating:
1. Chicken-claw pear with chicken liver
Ingredients: 2 dried chicken-claw pears, 1 yellow chicken liver.
Method: First pound the chicken-claw pears into a fine powder and set aside; wash the chicken liver, score it in a cross pattern with a knife, place it on a plate, sprinkle on the chicken-claw pear powder and an appropriate amount of fine salt, put it in a steamer and steam for 20 minutes, then take it out and eat.
2. Chicken-claw pear and pig lung soup
Ingredients: 120 g fresh chicken-claw pear, 1 pig heart and 1 pig lung, 30 g red rock sugar.
Method: Wash the chicken-claw pear, wash the pig heart and lung and cut them into small pieces; put the guaizao, pig heart and lung, and red rock sugar together into a clay pot, add 1000 ml of clear water, simmer over gentle heat for 60 minutes, then season with a little fine salt and MSG and it is ready to eat.
3. Chicken-claw pear and four-berry soup
Ingredients: 4 fresh chicken-claw pears, 10 g simiwa and 10 g mock strawberry.
Method: Wash the above three ingredients with clear water, put them together into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, first bring to a boil over high heat, then switch to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes, strain out the soup and drink it in one go.
4. Chicken-claw pear cake
Ingredients: 5 chicken-claw pears, 5 eggs, 30 g milk, 100 g cake flour, 40 g corn oil, 65 g white sugar, 5 g lemon juice.
Method: Wash and crush the chicken-claw pears; into a large bowl add respectively the corn oil, milk, lemon juice, egg yolks and cake flour; stir evenly; whip the egg mixture, and the bowl must be free of oil and water; add the 65 g white sugar in three batches and whip until the egg mixture stands upright; line with baking paper, preheat the oven to 160 degrees; spread the egg mixture evenly on the baking paper; bake at 160 degrees for 20 minutes, take it out and cut into pieces.
5. Chicken-claw pear liquor
Ingredients: 2 dried chicken-claw pears, 500 ml low-proof distilled liquor.
Method: First wash the chicken-claw pears, cut them open with a knife, immerse them in the distilled liquor, seal, and open after 1 week to drink, 2 times a day, 20 ml each time.
Features: This liquor has the effect of dispelling wind and overcoming dampness, and is suitable for patients with rheumatoid arthritis to drink.
Precautions:
1. If the patient has deficiency cold of the spleen and stomach, then it is best not to drink liquor steeped with chicken-claw pear, to avoid the spleen deficiency condition becoming more serious and being harmful to health.
2. Wild chicken-claw pear does not taste very good, and most are rather sour, so it is recommended that children had best not take it directly. If you want to give chicken-claw pear to a child to eat, then it is best to make it into chicken-claw pear cake.
3. Although chicken-claw pear has the effect of relieving alcohol toxicity, and its alcohol-relieving effect is also very good, this does not mean that this medicinal liquor can be taken in large amounts.