In addition to Cantonese mooncakes, what other materials are there to make mooncakes?

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and the day of eating mooncakes is not far away. I only knew about mooncakes before, but when I grew up, I knew that there are different types of mooncakes, such as Cantonese style and Suzhou style. If you only know about Cantonese style mooncakes, it is definitely not enough. You must try other flavors of mooncakes as well. So what other flavors of mooncakes are there?

What other mooncakes are there besides Cantonese style?

There are many kinds of mooncakes. In addition to Cantonese mooncakes, the more common ones include Su-style mooncakes, Beijing-style mooncakes, snow-skin mooncakes, Taiwanese mooncakes, Hong Kong-style mooncakes, Yunnan-style mooncakes, Anhui-style mooncakes, peach mooncakes, chocolate mooncakes, etc. Among them, the most famous is Cantonese mooncakes. In addition, snow-skin mooncakes, Su-style mooncakes, and Hong Kong-style mooncakes are currently very popular.

As for mooncake fillings, five-nut mooncakes must be mentioned, and it can be said to be an enduring filling, although its taste is hard to describe for many people. Others include ham mooncakes, red bean paste mooncakes, jujube paste mooncakes, lotus seed paste mooncakes, black sesame mooncakes, salt and pepper mooncakes, egg yolk mooncakes, rose mooncakes, osmanthus mooncakes...

The most popular ones are the ones with molten custard filling. As for which one is better, it depends on different people's tastes.

What are the ingredients for making mooncakes?

There are differences in the methods of making mooncakes of different types and flavors. Here are the differences in the methods of making three common mooncake crusts.

Cantonese mooncake

Cantonese mooncakes are generally made of flour, syrup, salad oil, and alkaline water, and then wrapped in the baked mooncakes in a ratio of two parts skin to eight parts filling. Among them, the more commonly used fillings are five-nut filling, red bean paste, and lotus seed paste.

Suzhou-style mooncakes

Su-style mooncakes are made with flour, maltose, lard, etc. using the method of wrapping small or large pastry. They are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Common fillings include meat, red bean paste, egg yolk, etc.

Snow Skin Mooncake

The mooncake skin is made of glutinous rice flour, sugar, water and other ingredients. There are many recipes on the Internet. In fact, the simplest way is to go to Taobao to buy some snow skin powder, go home and mix it with water to make dough, and then wrap the red bean paste.

Why do we eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

In fact, eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is not to commemorate Chang'e. The story of Chang'e is just a cultural legend. Mooncakes were not called mooncakes before, and they have also gone through a period of historical sedimentation.

Mooncakes are also known as Hu cakes, palace cakes, and small cakes in history. The custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty, when there were rituals of worshiping and offering sacrifices to the moon. It is said that in ancient times, the emperor would worship the moon in autumn. In the folk, there is a custom of worshiping the moon every Mid-Autumn Festival in August. People offer mooncakes and various fruits to the moon god. After the sacrifice, people cut and eat mooncakes according to age. It is said that this can get the blessing and protection of the gods.

During the Han Dynasty, sesame, walnuts, etc. were introduced into my country due to diplomatic missions to the Western Regions, and Hu pancakes with walnut kernel filling appeared.

The name of mooncake first appeared in the Song Dynasty, but it was not yet popular. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that mooncake officially became the representative food of the Mid-Autumn Festival and spread to the people. In the Qing Dynasty, the mooncake making process was already very rich.