Longevity Peaches click to see closer Materials: 1000g Chinese yam 500g red Chinese date 30g haw jelly 5g green and red shreds of candied fruit 2 green plums 200g sugar Preparations Wash the dates, stew till very soft then peel, stone and mash into a paste. Wash the yam, steam till soft, peel and mash into a paste. Slice the haw jelly, and chop finely the green plums. Fry the date paste and white sugar in lard over a low heat till no water is left. Put the date paste in the middle of a plate; mould the yam paste into a peach shape to cover the date paste; mould leaves, using yam paste containing a little green plum, and place on both sides of the "peach"; use the green shreds for leaf veins; arrange the haw jelly into a word on the peach, stick red shreds onto the tip of the peach, steam for 5 minutes. Dissolve white sugar in hot water, boil, thicken with cornflour to make a sauce, pour over the peach.