Sweet Walnut Soup

Name: Sweet Walnut Soup (Hai t’ao lo)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 cups oil; 4 tablespoons cold water (make paste); 4 tablespoons cold water (make paste); 1-½ cups shelled blanched walnut halves; 4 tablespoons cornstarch (make paste); 4 tablespoons cornstarch (make paste); ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 cup sugar

Hai t’ao lo

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1-½ cups shelled blanched walnut halves
1 cup sugar
¼ teaspoon

Asia
Taiwan
Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Boil 5 cups water in pan, add walnuts and boil about ½ minute, remove and drain dry.
Heat oil in frying pan and pour in walnuts. Fry about 3 minutes over medium heat. When golden brown, remove the nuts to a paper towel to drain. When cool crush in blender or mortar bowl very fine.
Boil 6 cups water in deep pan, add sugar and salt. When it boils again,