What kind of desserts did Chang 'an people eat in Tang Dynasty?

During the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an people could eat many desserts, such as fresh cherries topped with cheese, ice cream, frozen cakes and so on, which were very popular with the upper class. It is always mouth-watering to mention desserts, but do you know what kind of desserts Chang 'an people ate in ancient Tang Dynasty? Although the cooking technology was not developed at that time, the upper class was very luxurious and could enjoy all kinds of desserts, which even modern people liked? Ice cream? ..... How?

First, the cheese is poured with fresh cherries.

There is such a passage in the biography of Toffee Yang that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty missed the late Yang Guifei, and the queen specially made delicious cherries from sugarcane pith, but the emperor didn't buy it. Although it is a smooth sentence, it depicts a delicious food for us. Sugarcane syrup actually refers to maltose and honey, and it is also one of the main ingredients of dessert in that dynasty. At that time, people only knew that drying sugarcane juice could increase the concentration, but it was not perfect in sugar making. In the Tang Dynasty, people poured prepared sugar cane syrup on cherries to increase the sweetness. Some people like to add cheese to the mixture, which is called pouring fresh cherries with cheese.

Second, freeze the cake with crisp flowers

Frozen cake was also a magical dessert at that time. The chef will heat the pastry until it melts, add honey or sugarcane juice, and then slowly pour it into the container. Crispy cakes will gradually take shape when they are cold, and look like mountains from a distance. In order to make this dessert more beautiful, artificial flowers or resin will be specially inserted as decoration or dyed in other colors.

Third, ice cream.

Maybe many people don't know that it already existed in Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty? Ice cream? Yes, but the ice cream at that time was slightly different from what it is now. The royal family and nobles generally have ice rooms, and even in hot summer, they can eat cool and iced food. For example, there is a dessert in the palace, where glutinous rice, milk and other ingredients are mixed together and frozen in the freezer to make delicious ice cream. Even in the folk, people like to break ice cubes and add sugarcane juice to make delicious shaved ice.