Roasted Minced Meatballs

original: Dan Zhi. The term dan literally means to eat or swallow, here referring to a savory prepared meat dish.

Use the meat of a goose, duck, sheep, calf, elk, deer, or pig. Select fatty cuts and ensure there is an equal ratio of lean red meat to white fat. Finely grind and mix the meat thoroughly. Take sour pickled melons, bamboo shoots, ginger, pepper, orange peel, scallions, and coriander huqin Likely cilantro or a type of wild celery introduced to China from the West.; chop these ingredients finely. Combine the meat with salt and fermented bean juice, then mix until well-blended. Shape the meat into balls, then press them by hand pronounced nuo The original gloss provides a fanqie phonetic guide: "汝角切" (rǔ-jiǎo), indicating the pronunciation of the character 搦. until they are about an inch and a half square. Wrap these in the caul fat The fatty membrane surrounding the internal organs. of a sheep or pig. Use two-pronged skewers to hold them, placing two pieces on each skewer. Roast the meat, turning it so that it cooks thoroughly on two sides; do not turn it to all four sides This suggests a flattened shape, ensuring the fat renders properly without the meat falling apart.. Beef and chicken meat are not suitable for this method.

Pounded Roast

Also known as "Bamboo Tube Roast" or "Yellow Roast"

Use the meat of a goose, duck, elk, deer, pig, or sheep. Finely grind, mix, and season the meat in the same manner as described for the Roasted Minced Meatballs. If the mixture is too loose and falls apart, add a small amount of flour. Take a bamboo tube that is six inches in circumference and three feet in length. Scrape away the green outer skin and clean out the inner nodes entirely. Fill the tube with the meat...