The practice of wax gourd cup

Winter melon cup is a traditional famous soup in Guangdong, which usually appears on the menu of famous shops. This is a delicious dish that shows the chef's cooking skills and knife skills. Carving flowers, birds and cordyceps on the dark green skin of wax gourd is pleasing to the eye, not to mention the fragrance after steaming for two or three hours.

The wax gourd cups in the hotel are made of complicated materials. Today, I will introduce you to a family version of the wax gourd cup, which is simple and easy to make, delicious, not only can be made at home, but also suitable for entertaining relatives and friends.

To make a cup of wax gourd, you must choose wax gourd according to the size and height of the pot at home. My pot has a diameter of 24cm, and can hold wax gourd with a height of 18cm, and weighs about 5.5 kg, so you must know how big your pot is before you decide how big to buy. Generally, it takes 1.5-2 hours to steam and stew a cup of wax gourd about 3 kg, and 2.5-3 hours to steam and stew a cup of wax gourd about 5 kg. If you are in the mood, you can also carve patterns on the melon skin, cut wavy patterns at the mouth of the melon or do some simple lazy decoration like me.

Only after two or three hours of slow cooking, the melon meat in the melon cup is soft and not scattered, and the flavor of the materials rarely produces soup. When eating, dig out the wax gourd meat and eat it with the ingredients. In this season of late summer and early autumn, if you eat a bowl, the summer heat will disappear instantly and nourish your body and mind.

Raw materials:

1. Wash the pork and cut it into small pieces. Wash and soak mushrooms, dried shrimps, scallops and abalone slices for 30 minutes, and drain for later use.

2. Wash the wax gourd and dig out the pulp with a spoon.

3. Dig as much space as possible

4. Then decorate the surface of wax gourd with tools (this step is unnecessary)

5. Put 1L water in the pot, then put a shelf or a small bowl, then put the melon on it, put the pork show, mushrooms, dried shrimps, scallops and abalone slices into the melon, and pour eight points of water.

6. Cover the pot, boil over high fire and stew over low heat for 2-3 hours.

7. Steamed wax gourd cups are served. (fig. 7 shows 3.5 kg of wax gourd, which can be stewed for 1.5-2 hours, and fig. 8 shows 5.5 kg of wax gourd, which needs to be stewed for 2.5-3 hours. )