Characteristics of Zhoucun baklava

Zhoucun baklava has four characteristics: crispy, fragrant, thin, and brittle.

Zhoucun baklava is made by the traditional craftsmanship of Shandong Province, and it is a handmade product with the four characteristics of "crispy, fragrant, thin and brittle". Its shape is round and yellow, the front side is full of sesame kernel, the back side of the crispy holes are listed, thin like Yang Ye, crispy abnormal. The entrance to the chewing that is broken, full of flavor in the mouth and abdomen, if you miss the ground, will be all into pieces, commonly known as "Shandong Gua La leaf baklava".

Zhoucun baklava is a traditional snack in Zibo City, Shandong Province, produced in Zibo Zhoucun District and named, which originated in the Han Dynasty, into the late Qing Dynasty, Shandong Province, one of the famous specialties. Shandong Zhoucun baklava with wheat flour, sugar, sesame as raw materials, made by traditional technology. When made, it is as thin as an autumn leaf and shaped like a full moon; it falls to the ground and is broken into pieces, and has a rich aftertaste in the mouth.

History of Zhoucun baklava

According to the evidence, Shandong Zhoucun baklava originated from the Han Dynasty hu baklava. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhoucun, Shandong Province, Jia merchants will set, a variety of Shandong snacks came into being. A kind of baking equipment called Hu biscuit oven was introduced to Shandong Zhoucun, food store masters according to the characteristics of thin and crispy burnt cake, with the method of baking Hu biscuits on the sticker to create the Shandong big crispy biscuits.

Ching dynasty Guangxu six years (1880), shandong zhoucun Guo surnamed baklava old store "shandong polymerization zhai" on the baklava production process of research, several improvements, so that shandong zhoucun baklava to a new face, a unique flavor to the world.

In the early days of the founding of new China, "shandong polymerization zhai" Guo descendants with the recipe and production skills of the big crisp baklava joined the state-run shandong province zhoucun food factory. 1979, the big crisp baklava "shandong zhoucun" as a trademark for registration, formally The name "Shandong Zhoucun brand" Shandong Zhoucun baklava.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhoucun baklava