Speaking of American sweets, or just apple pie? The history of desserts in the United States is not as simple as you think! Counting it, since desserts have been transformed from home-made and sold, they have become a popular signboard in restaurants and baking shops for more than 180 years. Desserts are no longer just a simple pastime after dinner or afternoon tea, but have become generations of the United States People's childhood memories, and even the "American flavor" in their minds is a representative who refuses to let go.
So friends who love sweets, adhering to the tenet of "eat it, know why it is", let's make up for the history of American dessert development!
Boston Cream Pie | Boston Cream Pie
The Boston Cream Pie was first developed between about 1834 and 1856 and is still one of the most iconic classic sweets. It is made of vanilla cake sandwiched with vanilla cream and covered with a layer of smooth and rich chocolate.
The origin of the "Boston" name is because of the dessert developed by a French chef at the Parker House Hotel in Boston in 1856, and earlier, about 1844, The prototype Beecher's cream cake is there.
Aside from Boston, is it pie or cake? In fact, it is a cake. In the 19th century, people used to mix the words "pie" and "cake" when speaking, so they have used mistakes and mistakes to this day.
It wasn't until 1918 that Boston Cream Pie's official recipes were made public, and it has since become Massachusetts' "officially certified" dessert, which is still popular today.
Buddha Island Lime Pie | Key Lime Pie
Sweet and sour, refreshing and pleasant lime pie is one of the favorite local desserts in the United States, which appeared around 1850.
The official recipe of lime pie came out around 1930. The method is easy to learn. The ingredients are also simple eggs, milk (or sweetened condensed milk), lime juice, etc. The name of the pie is derived from Key Lime, a specialty product of Florida.
After World War II, although lime pie became popular, most of the lime trees in Florida were destroyed by hurricanes. Today, most of the lime pie is made of the sweeter Persian Lime, so it is also called Lime Pie.
Flame Snow Mountain | Baked Alaska
Flame Snow Mountain, also known as hot-roasted Alaska, is a dessert with a magical appearance and a unique taste. The ice cream is placed on a base cake, the outer layer is wrapped with meringue and meringue, and then baked in the oven until the outer skin is crispy and cool and sweet Paired with crispy meringue and soft cake, the multi-layered taste is addictive.
This dessert appeared around 1876. The source said that it came from Chinese food and one from French food, but it was first named after a Delmonico's restaurant in New York. It not only reflects the wonderful taste of ice and fire, but also commemorates the newly designated American land. Of Alaska.
Nowadays, the various variants of the Flame Snow Mountain have swept the world, and it is also the number one must-have dessert in most American restaurants. There are also many restaurants that serve desserts and roast them for performance. The blue flame will last about ten seconds. Bell, often attracted diners to praise and praise.
Banana Boat | Banana Split
The origin of the banana boat is indisputable. In 1904, David Evans Strickler, a 23-year-old elementary student in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, accidentally tried to put several different flavors of ice cream on cut fresh bananas for 10 cents. Normal ice cream at that time was twice as expensive, but this way of eating was instantly loved by young people around. Latrobe later became the home of the banana boat, often celebrating the birthday of the banana boat.
Today's banana boats still use the traditional tradition. The cut bananas are placed on a long base, and three ice cream balls of different flavors are placed on it. Then they are sprinkled with minced fruit, minced nuts, caramel juice or chocolate sauce. Ice cream shops have developed countless different alternatives.
The Morgenstern ice cream shop in New York even said that they knew the banana boat was a three-ball ice cream, so they deliberately made a bigger one and put the five-ball ice cream in a banana boat, which was delicious and wayward.
New York Cheesecake | New York Cheesecake
Cheesecake is almost as long as cheese. It dates back to the ancient Greek period more than XNUMX years ago. At that time, people knew how to mix honey with fresh goat milk and bake it on a hot coal fire. The prototype of cheese today. Three hundred years later, the Romans improved the recipe and added flour to get closer to today's cheesecake.
Between 1912 and 1929, James Kraft, the founder of Kraft Foods in New York, invented the cheesecake, which is still in use today. It quickly became popular in New York, and it is still the signature dessert of New York today.
Angel Cake | Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake
In the 20s and 50s, angel cake made by the famous West Coast bakery Blum's Bakery. The vanilla sandwich cake was covered with coffee-flavored cream and sprinkled with honey-flavored caramel crisps. Words of mouth have spread from diners.
Like many famous products, the first creation of this cake came from an accident. A candy maker accidentally made too many honey chips one day. The manager Earnest Weil sprinkled the pieces on a coffee-flavored vanilla cake in order not to waste, but it was unexpectedly delicious. Later, the recipe was announced and improved, and was carried forward by a dessert chef Valerie Gordon in Los Angeles, which is still one of the local classic sweets in Los Angeles.
Blackberry Pie | Marionberry Pie
Marionberry is a hybrid of two blackberries, Chehalem and Olallie. It was introduced in Oregon around 1945. It still has a high yield every year. It is sweet and juicy. It is the first choice for housewives to make fruit pies.
Developed from family recipes, the practice of BlackBerry Pie is not complicated, and the ingredients are also very simple. Sugar, lemon crush, flour, butter, and fresh blackberries are made into pies that are crispy on the outside, sweet and sour on the outside. Tired and distinctive.
Banana Foster
Although this dessert is the latest in the 20s, it is the only one that is still being sold in the first R & D shop today. It is located in Brennan's, New Orleans, and created this banana flavor ice cream in the 50s. , Add butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, rum or brandy sauce, poured on vanilla ice cream, unique taste.
Brennan's current owner Ralph Brennan is very proud of this tradition. His favorite is to improvise baking for guests on a small kerosene stove on the table, and let the flavoured wine rise in the baking pan. His greatest achievement. The 63-year-old said that despite having eaten banana Foster for a lifetime, he still has a constant love for this dessert that runs through the life of the family.
Well, I knew all the desserts that were hundreds of years older than myself in one breath. Do you have the urge to eat them all the way? Living in California, a food paradise, I believe that whether it is a well-known prestigious store or an unknown store that is not afraid of the alleys, it will not disappoint those who love sweets.
