What are the types of mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival

What are the types of mooncakes, let's find out.

The types of mooncakes are Cantonese-style mooncakes, Su-style mooncakes, Qu-style mooncakes, Dian-style mooncakes, Jin-style mooncakes, Beijing-style mooncakes and so on. Specifically introduced as follows:

1, Cantonese moon cake

Cantonese moon cake is currently the largest category of moon cakes, which originated in Guangdong and the surrounding areas, and is now popular in all parts of the country, which is characterized by a thin skin, large filling, usually the skin-filling ratio of 2:8, the skin-filling oil content is higher than that of other categories, eat up the texture of the fluffy, slippery, glossy surface, the prominent representative of the Guangzhou City, the city of Guangzhou. The prominent representatives are the white lotus seed paste mooncakes of Guangzhou Lianxianglou and Guangzhou Restaurant. Cantonese mooncake originated in Guangzhou, with wheat flour, transformed syrup, vegetable oil, alkaline water, etc. to make the crust, through the filling, molding, brushing the egg and other crafts processed into a soft and fluffy taste of the mooncake.

2, Su-style moon cakes

Su-style moon cakes originated in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the surrounding areas, its main feature is the loose crust, filling with nuts, bean paste, etc., the sweetness is higher than the other types of moon cakes, the main products are produced in Hangzhou, Li-Min Su-style moon cakes and so on. Soviet-style mooncakes look a bit like soufflés, with a flaky crust and beautiful color, and are heavy on oil but not greasy.

3. Qu-style mooncake

Qu-style mooncake is a local specialty Mid-Autumn Festival food of Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is mainly made of sesame skin, crispy and crunchy, and the outer skin is a bit like a sesame cake. Therefore, Qu-style mooncakes are also called "Quzhou Sesame Cakes". The main representatives of Qu-style mooncakes are "Duze Osmanthus Mooncake" and "Shao Yongfeng Sesame Cake". Most of the hemp cakes are two inches round, and the special hemp cakes can be up to two feet, weighing more than two kilograms. The front of the hemp cake is dyed with colorful sesame seeds using plant pigments to draw various designs, such as "Chang'e Runs to the Moon" and "Heavenly Officials Provide Blessings" for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and other festive contents.

4, Dian-style moon cakes

Dian-style moon cakes are mainly originated and popular in Yunnan, Guizhou and the surrounding areas, and now also gradually by other regions of the consumer's favorite, and its main feature is the filling of Dian-style ham, loose crust, filling salty and sweet taste, there is a unique Dian-style ham flavor, the main product is the production of the Kunming Jiqingxiang The main product is Kunming Jiqingxiang mooncake. The mooncake has a thick crust, moderately sweet and salty, with a custard-like texture but with sufficient filling. The mooncake is characterized by its crispy, fluffy and fragrant appearance, which is brownish-yellow and slightly hard, and is crispy but not falling apart when eaten. It is loose and crispy, sweet and salty, oily but not greasy, and has a strong ham flavor.

5, Jin-style moon cakes

Jin-style moon cakes can be traced back to the earliest to go west, Jin-style moon cakes from Shanxi to go west of the people came to Inner Mongolia to take root in the product, because Shanxi is the birthplace of the noodle culture, part of Shanxi to go west of the people to go to Hohhot, Baotou, the Hetao and other areas, part of the Inner Mongolia, Ulaanchabu, Fengzhen, Longshengzhuang Roots, population migration at the same time to bring the northern traditional pastries and noodles to Inner Mongolia, such as hemp leaves, honey cake, moon cakes, ti-paste, etc., the representative of the Jin-style moon cake is Fengzhen moon cake. The practice is simple and traditional, the appearance of ancient cakes, mellow flavor, crispy and refreshing.

6, Beijing-style moon cakes

Beijing-style moon cakes originated in Beijing, Tianjin and the surrounding areas, there is a certain market in the north, its main feature is the sweetness and the skin-filling ratio is moderate, the general skin-filling ratio of 4:6, to the filling of the special flavor based on the texture of the crunchy and fluffy, the main products of the Beijing Taoxiangcun red moon cakes, white moon cakes, and the five kernel moon cake etc. The mooncakes are layered, beautifully shaped, with thin, flaky skin and excellent taste.

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