Lily Peach

Lily Peach

　　Lily Peach is a specialty snack from Lanzhou. The lily bulbs are trimmed at the tip and root, the yellow and black outer petals are removed, and the bulbs are sliced. They are then rinsed clean with water, steamed in a basket for fifteen minutes, taken out to cool slightly, and any excess moisture is wiped off with a clean cloth; green plums are sliced, and on a clean work surface, hawthorn cake is mashed into a paste, and the red bean paste filling is divided into twenty portions for later use. The lily petals are gathered together according to their natural shape, the red bean paste is wrapped inside, forming twenty peach-shaped pieces. Green plum slices are arranged as peach leaves, and hawthorn paste is used to form the peach tips. These are then steamed in a basket for twenty minutes before being taken out. A frying pan is placed over a flame, water is added along with white sugar and boiled until dissolved, then thickened with a cornstarch slurry and drizzled over the Lily Peach before serving.