Special foods丨汴京烤鸭
Chinese people are very familiar with roast duck, especially "Beijing Roast Duck". In fact, Roast Duck in Kaifeng Style is the source of the Chinese roast duck. Just like every school has a secret art, Roast Duck in Kaifeng Style represents the food style of the Central Plains.
中国老百姓对于烤鸭非常熟悉，其中又以“北京烤鸭”为最，事实上，汴京烤鸭才是中国烤鸭的源头，就像每家门派都有一门不外传的秘法功夫一样，汴京烤鸭代表的是中原美食风格。
Dun Yusong, founder of the Yufeng roast duck brand, told the reporter that the roast duck originated in the Northern Song Dynasty while the Roast Duck in Kaifeng Style had already appeared as early as the 10th century AD. The Eastern Capital: A Dream of Splendor also has records of “roast duck”. With the change of dynasties, the cooking skills of the Roast Duck in Kaifeng Style was introduced to Nanjing and Hangzhou with the Song Dynasty’s migrant to the south. According to the History of Yuan Dynasty, after Lin’an (capital of the Southern Song Dynasty) was occupied by Yuan soldiers, Bo Yan, general of the Yuan Dynasty, introduced “hundred craftsmanship” in Lin’an to its capital which is today’s Beijing. The skill of roast duck was then introduced to Beijing at that time.
煜丰烤鸭品牌创始人顿玉松向记者介绍，烤鸭发源于北宋，早在公元十世纪就已出现了“汴京烤鸭”。《东京梦华录》中就有关于“烤鸭”的记载。随着朝代的更迭，汴京烤鸭技艺随宋朝南迁流传到南京、杭州。南宋时，“炙鸭”已成为临安“市食”中的名品。《元史》中曾如此记载，元破临安后，元朝将军博颜将临安城中的“百工技艺”徙至大都，就是今天的北京，烤鸭技术才算真正传到了北京。
With the development of times, how is the Roast Duck in Kaifeng Style made in today’s Henan Province? It uses date woods from Xinzheng for fuel, which (the skill) has a history of more than 1,000 years. Then, the grease and oil will be removed under a temperature of -20 degrees Celsius. Finally, the duck will be roasted for 45 minutes with coals at 270 degrees Celsius. Based on the historical data and old artists, Yufeng Delicious Food has proposed a 13-step cooking method so as to restore the traditional skills of making Roast Duck in Kaifeng Style as far as possible.
而随着时代发展，如今河南的“汴京烤鸭”是怎么做的?它采用新郑枣木为燃料，这是延续了1000多年的技术传承，在-20℃的状态下去脂排酸，又用270℃的炭火烘烤45分钟。煜丰美食在寻找历史资料、拜访老艺人的基础上，优化提出了烤鸭加工的13道工艺，从而尽可能复原出汴京烤鸭的传统烤制手法。
