Ginkgo Dreams - Celebrating Ginkgo

Ingredients

• 100g ginkgo nuts, shelled and membranes removed
• 20g white fungus, soaked
• 1 tbsp sweet almonds
• 1 tbsp bitter almonds
• 100g rock sugar
• 750ml water
• 1 old coconut (cut the upper part and keep as a lid)

Method

Remove hard tissues from soaked white fungus and cut into small pieces. Parboil in hot water, then rinse and drain. Parboil ginkgo nuts, then drain.

Combine rock sugar and water and bring to a boil until sugar dissolves.

Put all the ingredients in the old coconut. Cover with the cut-out lid and steam for about one and a half to two hours. Serve warm.

Amy Beh’s recipe is available at Kuali.

Posted by Kelly