Beijing Snacks - Dried fruit dish

City Guide - Beijing - Dining

Dried fruit dish (Guozi Gan, 果子干)
The Dictionary of the Beijing Dialect has this recipe for Guozi Gan: Take dried persimmon as the main ingredient, add dried apricot, and then soak them in warm boiled water. Add slices of fresh lotus root and mix well.

The dried persimmon brings amber and the dried apricot an orange-red, and then there is the white of the lotus root all set with sweetened osmanthus flower juice.

Served over ice, it tastes cool, crisp with a touch of sweet and sour. Very refreshing, it is a taste of summer.