Spring style skin of Shanxi Hongdong big locust tree

1. Take an appropriate amount of flour, add an appropriate amount of cocoa powder and sugar, add an appropriate amount of water, and mix to form a brown dough

2. The brown dough should be slightly harder, this is a good dough

3. Use the same method to mix the white dough as the skin of the spring roll (the white dough should be slightly soft, otherwise the skin of the Spring rolls made is too thick)

4. Cook the good dough for an hour

5. Take an appropriate amount of brown dough, sprinkle a small amount of flour, roll it into thin slices, and cut them into thin strips

6. Take a thin strip, roll it into a rectangle, and shape it into the shape of a tree trunk

7. Take another slightly thinner noodle, roll it flat, and shape it into a tree branch shape

8. Put a small amount of oil in the plate to prevent sticking, and place the prepared tree branches on the plate

9. Take some more noodles, roll them open and shape them into large branches

10. After the big tree branches are made, take an appropriate amount of thinner noodles, roll them out, and turn them into thinner branches one by one

11. Using the same method, after preparing all the branches, put the plate into a steamer and steam for fifteen minutes

12. The branches are steamed! Steamed branches will be darker in color than raw ones

13. Remove the steamed branches and set them aside for later use (they can also be left unused)

14. Make the skin of Spring rolls and take out the white dough

15. Roll the dough into circular pieces

16. Drop a drop of oil at the bottom of the plate, put the rolled dough into the plate, and stretch it by hand around the circumference to form a circle, with the top stretched into the shape of a tree crown

17. Arrange the previously steamed branches one by one

18. Take a broccoli and wash it clean

19. Cut off the flower buds of the broccoli with a knife

20. Take an appropriate amount of broccoli flower buds, sprinkle them at the end of the tree branch as leaves, and gently press and stick them firmly

21. Put the prepared spring cake skin and tree together in a pot and steam for five minutes

22. The spring cake skin is steamed!

23. Gently remove the spring cake skin and place it on the cutting board

24. The Great Huai Tree in Hongdong, Memories of Home

25. Where are you from?

26. Root here

27. Ask me where my ancestors came from, the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi