Eight-Treasure Glutinous Rice with Lotus Seed Apple Jelly

Name: Eight-Treasure Glutinous Rice with Lotus Seed Apple Jelly
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Gelatin 7 sheets, about 15 g (½ oz), or ½ Tbsp powdered gelatin; Lotus seeds 20 g (⅔ oz), soaked in water to soften; Green apples 200 g (7 oz); Water 200 ml (7 fl oz); Rock sugar 85 g (3 oz); Gelatin 7 sheets, about 15 g (½ oz), or ½ Tbsp powdered gelatin; Osmanthus honey ½ tsp, or use preferred scented honey; Green peas 15 g (½ oz), cooked until tender; Lotus seed apple jelly; Osmanthus honey ½ tsp, or use preferred scented honey; Raisins 30 g (1 oz); Sugar 50 g (1⅔ oz); Fresh or canned hawthorn fruit 20 g (⅔ oz), thinly sliced; Dried tangerine peel 15 g (½ oz); Black glutinous (sticky) rice 20 g (⅔ oz), soaked in water for 30 minutes; White glutinous (sticky) rice 300 g (11 oz), soaked in water for 30 minutes; Barley 30 g (1 oz); Red beans 20 g (⅔ oz)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

New Beijing Cuisine

By Jereme Leung

Published 2010

About

Ba bao fan (eight-treasure rice) can be found throughout China. It is a sweetened glutinous rice dessert that is mixed with fruit and served as a dessert, and has about as much cachet as fruitcake does in the West. Like fruitcake, it is a tradition to eat this during festive seasons such as Chinese New Year.

Ingredients

White glutinous (sticky) rice 300 g (11 oz), soaked in water for 30 minutes
Black glutinous (sticky) rice <

Asia
China
Dessert
Beijing
Chinese New Year
New Year

Method

In separate batches, steam both types of glutinous rice, red beans and barley until tender. Glutinous rice takes about 30–40 minutes to cook, and red beans and barley about 50 minutes. When white glutinous rice is cooked, mix well with sugar.
Layer both types of glutinous rice, red beans, barley, raisins, tangerine peel, hawthorn fruit and green peas to form a