"I don't know the moon at the hour, and I call it a white jade plate. I also suspected that the mirror on the Yaotai is flying in the blue sky. 》
Before I knew it, the Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived! According to historical records, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in the book "The Book of Zhou". By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a record of "The Shangshu was ordered to defend Niu Mi and spread the river with the Mid-Autumn Festival." It was not until the early years of the Tang Dynasty that the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival.
As the saying goes, the moon is waiting for the full moon every Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon cakes are different every year. Moon cakes symbolize a happy reunion and also represent people’s yearning for a happy life. Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem: "A small cake is like chewing the moon, with crisp and sauerk in it." Praise moon cakes.
There are many types of mooncakes nowadays, and the taste is "only unexpected, nothing can be made". Facing so many dazzling array of mooncakes, which one do you pick?
talk about the types first! Beijing-style mooncake 's biggest feature is that it continues the palace production style, with exquisite workmanship and numerous patterns. The entire production process is the first of the four major mooncake systems in China and is one of the representative varieties of mooncake foods in the northern region. There is a certain market in the north, with moderate sweetness and skin filling ratio. Sesame oil is used more, and the taste is sweet and the taste is crispy. The five-nut mooncake, which is now despised by countless people, is due to this faction.
Guangdong mooncakes are one of the local specialty spots in Guangdong Province, and are folk Mid-Autumn Festival foods in southern regions, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places. The most important thing about Cantonese mooncakes are popular all over the country is that their material selection and production skills are extremely exquisite. They are characterized by thin and soft skin, beautiful shape, exquisite patterns, clear patterns, difficult to break, exquisite packaging, and easy to carry. Cantonese mooncakes are now sold more on the market.
Su-style mooncake heavy oil polysaccharide, with crispy layers, and a variety of sweet, salty, meat and vegetarian varieties. It is divided into two categories: sweet, salty, roasted and baked. The production process of sweet mooncakes is mainly baked, including roses, fruits, peppers, salt and bean paste. Salty mooncakes are mainly baked, and the varieties include ham lard, chive lard, fresh meat, shrimp, etc., which has a crispy taste and a strong taste. Now Su-style mooncake making skills have been included in the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List".
Cloud Leg Moon Cake Box Flower Cake is the representative of Yunnan-style mooncake . Although it is also divided into sweet and salty, the filling is completely different from other places. Sweet fillings are generally made of rose , osmanthus, jasmine and other petals as raw materials. They are sweet in the mouth, and the fragrance of the flowers echoes in the mouth for a long time, which is quite local.
salty stuffing, also known as cloud leg mooncake, uses Yunnan specialty Xuanwei ham, plus honey, lard, sugar, etc. as the filling, and then wrapped with skin made of purple wheat flour from Kunming Chenggong, and baked. This mooncake is fat and thin, sweet and salty, oily but not greasy, and has a unique Yunnan-style ham fragrance.
After talking about the category, let’s take a look at the filling! There are many delicious mooncakes, but there are also dark dishes!
lotus paste mooncake is a traditional famous spot in modern Guangdong Province, Mid-Autumn Festival food. Variety include pure lotus seeds, lycopene lotus seeds and egg yolks, double yellow, triple yellow, four yellow lotus seeds and so on. The ingredients for cake fillings are very particular. The lotus seeds produced in that year should be selected. The fillings are golden in color, smooth and fragrant, and the mooncakes are plump and fresh in shape.
Egg Yolk Mooncake is one of the traditional Chinese pastry in (egg yolk is really a magical existence, and it is also delicious to make sushi and ice cream). It is a type of mooncake and is more famous among all kinds of mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
5-nut mooncakes have their own methods throughout the country. They are the earliest fillings in mooncakes and are also the first to be "disliked". The overall shape is bulging, with slightly bulging sides, clear patterns and handwriting, straight shape, no skin breaking, no filling, and clear corners; the edges are ivory, and the bottom is brown-red; the taste is sweet, soft and crispy, with a variety of kernel fragrances.
In addition, there are various mooncakes such as Jin style mooncakes, Taiwanese mooncakes, quicksand mooncakes, ice-skin mooncakes, ice cream mooncakes, , etc. After reading the introduction of so many mooncakes, have you found your favorite? May you start your own food journey during the Mid-Autumn Festival and have a different Mid-Autumn Festival~
