Snow Pear and Dragon’s Eye Sweet Dessert Soup
Snow Pear and Dragon’s Eye Sweet Dessert Soup
One day, in the thick of a winter evening, when all the children lay sleeping, I suddenly had this urge for something sweet, crunchy and hot. No panic. Taking a peek in the fridge, I found one giant snow pear staring at me. Perfect. This is how simple this dessert soup is and a majority of the other ingredients are primarily pantry items with a billion years shelf-life. I personally love food with layers of texture and flavour and after twenty minutes, I was in bliss.
Soup Name: Snow Pear and Dragon’s Eye Sweet Dessert Soup
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The ingredients for the soup are: 1 large snow pear (preferably the sweeter kind with a thick, orange-brown skin), some dried longans (or dragon eyes), dried wolfberries, and rock sugar (adjusted to exactly the way you want).
The great thing about these massive Korean snow pears is that they produce a lot of fruit flesh.
Giant Korean snow pears go along way !
The next thing to do is to throw everything in a pot of boiling water. You should hear the rock sugar crinkling as it dissolves – rather neat. I made enough so that my husband and I could enjoy about 3 rice bowls each.
Don’t be shy – make more!
Boil on high heat for 15 minutes (or to the desired crunchiness of your snow pears) and adjust the sweetness as well. I prefer it less sweet, but depends on your sweet tooth.
Serve piping hot and enjoy!
Serve piping hot and enjoy! Cat not included.
- 1 giant fresh snow pear (preferably the type with dark brown / orange skin), chunked
- 1 tablespoon of dried longans (or dried dragon eyes)
- 1 tablespoon or dried wolfberries
- 1 1-inch diameter chunk of golden rock sugar
- 1.5 L of water
- Boil you soup water
- Cut up the snow pear into edible bite-sizes
- When the water boils, throw all the ingredients together
- Boil on high heat for 15 minutes
- Serve and enjoy hot!
Tags: chinese soup, dessert, dried longas, snow pear, soup, sweet soup
