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Apple, pear and fig soup with lean pork
蘋果雪梨無花果瘦肉湯
moistens the lungs relieves dryness soothes cough eases the bowels clears heat Autumn All year
slow-boiled · 2 hours
A$13–17
“The pot Ah Ma keeps for her night owls.”
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Method
Cut the lean pork into large pieces and blanch it (汆水, a quick boil to clear the scum). Peel and core the apples and pears and cut them into pieces. Rinse the figs, both kinds of apricot kernel and the honey dates. Put everything in the pot with 2.5 litres of water and bring to the boil over high heat. Turn down to low heat and simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours, then season with salt. Who it suits all ages people with dry skin people with a dry throat Who should take care people with diabetes should watch the fruit sugar 北杏 must be cooked right through and kept to a small amount pregnant women should be careful (北杏) Soup stories The gentlest of the Hong Kong mother's soups, and often the first pot a beginner learns to make.
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Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.
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Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.