Zhangou sesame seed cake

Zhangou sesame seed cake is a special snack in Zhangou Town, Lixin County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province. Lixin Zhangou sesame seed cake is crispy outside and tender inside, crispy and delicious, delicious and unique, which is loved by more and more people. Zhangou sesame seed cake is a famous food in Lixin County. Zhangou Town is the hometown of "Hesheng" Liu Xiahui, so Zhangou sesame seed cake is also called Hesheng sesame seed cake. Zhangou sesame cake, shaped like a lotus leaf that is not fully opened, is baked with special flour, sesame seeds, stuffing, seasoning and Zhangou rice wine. Its unique flavor, the surface layer of a circle of yellow through purple, purple transparent sesame, accidentally fell to the ground will be smashed. The surface layer, the inner layer and the bottom layer are as thin as paper and seem to be connected with each other. The outside is crispy, the inside is soft, and the meat stuffing is mostly, not greasy or greasy, like oil but not oil. It's not easy to preserve Zhangou sesame cakes. Most of them are cooked and eaten now. Some say that they will be deformed after being taken out of Zhangou, while others say that they will be deformed after a few hours. Now all the people over 60 know the secret of preserving Zhangou sesame cakes is to wrap them with lotus leaves. It is said that fresh lotus leaves can be kept for one week, and dried lotus leaves can be kept for 2-3 days. Before the "Cultural Revolution", it was always called "Hesheng sesame seed cake" because of the influence of "Liu Xiahui, the sage is also the one who is in harmony" in Mencius. During the Cultural Revolution, it was changed to "Zhangou sesame seed cake".
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