In TCM theory, the term "tonifying the heart" refers to the health concept of nourishing the heart and enhancing the function of the heart. In terms of dietary therapy, the dishes that tonify the heart mainly include those rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and ingredients that have a calming effect. Foods such as walnuts, red dates, longan, and longan are typical heart-tonifying products. So, how to make food supplements that replenish the heart?Come, let me break you down a traditional heart-tonifying recipe - stewed lean pork with red dates and longan, which is not only delicious, but also has a great heart-tonifying effect.
1. Teaching of the production of stewed lean meat with red dates and longan.
List of Materials: Lean pork 300 grams.
10 fresh red dates.
Longan meat 15 grams.
Pitted red dates 5 grams.
3 slices of ginger.
Water: Appropriate amount.
Steps:1Wash the lean pork, cut it into small pieces, blanch it in boiling water to remove blood foam, remove it and rinse it. (Ingredients: lean pork;Time: 5 minutes;Heat: fire).
2.Wash fresh and pitted dates and soak them in warm water for 20 minutes. (Material: red dates;Time: 20 minutes;Heat: None).
3.Put the blanched pork, soaked red dates, longan meat and ginger slices into a saucepan and add an appropriate amount of water. (Material: All;.)Time: 5 minutes;Heat: None).
4.After boiling on high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 1About 5 hours, until the pork is cooked and the soup is rich. (Time: 1.)5 hours;Heat: low heat).
Special note: When blanching lean meat, remove the blood foam thoroughly to ensure that the soup is clear and pure.
The best choice of jujube is fresh jujube with skin on it, as its nutritional value is higher.
Pay attention to the heat during the stewing process, and slow simmering can ensure that the nutrients of the ingredients are not lost and the taste is better.
If you don't pay attention to these details, it can lead to cloudy soups, loss of nutrients from the ingredients, or poor taste.
2. The nutritional combination of tonifying recipes and the art of Chinese cooking.
When making tonic recipes, nutrition is especially important. The combination of red dates, longan and lean meat not only complements each other in terms of taste, but also complements each other nutritionally. Jujube is rich in vitamin C and iron, while longan can provide rich glucose and protein, and the protein and unsaturated fatty acids in lean meat are indispensable for tonifying the heart. In addition, Chinese cooking pays attention to "color, aroma, taste, and shape", and the stewed lean pork with red dates and longan not only has high nutritional value, but also makes this dish have a good visual and taste performance due to its ruddy color and sweet taste.
In different ways of eating around the world, the concept of tonifying the heart also has different manifestations. For example, olive oil and nuts, which are abundant in the Mediterranean diet, are excellent ingredients for the heart. In terms of creative recipes, I tried to incorporate red dates into Western desserts and made red date tarts, which not only retained the concept of replenishing the heart of Chinese food, but also incorporated the novel taste of Western desserts.
3. The practice and experience of tonifying cooking.
When cooking tonifying recipes, the challenge is often to balance nutrition and taste. Pursuing too much nutrition can sometimes sacrifice the taste of food. The strategy to solve this problem is to carefully select ingredients and create innovative combinations, such as adding some coriander to the stew to enhance the freshness, or replacing pork with chicken to reduce the fat and maintain the light taste of the dish.
As for maintenance and storage, Chinese herbal medicines such as red dates and longan need to be kept in a dry and dark place to prevent mildew. At the level of culture and art, the ingredients that replenish the heart are often associated with traditional festivals, such as red dates, which are a symbol of auspiciousness during the New Year in China. My strategy is to present these ingredients in traditional festivals with modern cooking techniques and innovative combinations, which not only inherit the culture, but also make the cuisine more diverse.
From the perspective of experience and skills, when stewing and cooking heart-tonifying food, it is necessary to control the heat, because too much fire will easily lead to nutrient destruction, and if the fire is too small, the ingredients will not be easy to cook. There was a time when the pork was hard and the soup was not rich due to improper heat control, and I learned the importance of heat in cooking.