What are the characteristics of Su-style moon cakes?

The distinctive color of Su-style moon cakes mainly lies in its buckle position and unique production technology. Speaking of moon cakes, everyone must know that the festival we eat moon cakes is called Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a traditional festival in China. People eat several kinds of moon cakes, including fruit stuffing, ham stuffing, five-kernel stuffing and so on. Everyone should like to eat moon cakes, because there are many kinds and tastes. Today, we will talk about the characteristics of Suzhou-style moon cakes, which originated in Suzhou, Jiangsu, our country. In addition to Shanghai and other places, Hangzhou should also have production.

Su-style moon cakes are characterized by taking wheat flour, caramel and cooking oil as raw materials, and then processing them one by one by craftsmen, such as stuffing, molding and baking. They are crispy and delicious. Su-style moon cakes are characterized by cakes inside. The name and red seal of the Su-style moon cake are placed under or above the Su-style moon cake, and the bottom of the moon cake is covered with a square piece of oil paper, which reflects a feeling of high-end atmosphere.

Su-style moon cakes are characterized by crisp but not greasy. Crispy crust is made of oil-water crust and oil crispness, the ratio is 7 to 5, and the oil content of oil-water crust is about 20%. Therefore, you can clearly see the crisp layer on the surface of Soviet-style moon cakes in the finished products. The fillings of Su-style moon cakes are mostly made of walnuts, pine nuts, melon seeds, sesame seeds, candied fruit and cooked flour.

Traditional types of Su-style moon cakes can be divided into nuts, roses, meat and poultry, Rongsha, salt and pepper, etc. At the beginning of the 20th century, workers who made moon cakes developed salty moon cakes such as fresh meat. After 1990s, Soviet-style moon cakes absorbed the advantages of Cantonese-style fillings, and created moon cakes such as coconut, each with its own flavor, so it was very popular.

These characteristics of Su-style moon cakes are also records of our history, so we must keep them in mind. This is not only a product and moon cake, but also the inheritance of our craft, and it is also a symbol of Mid-Autumn Festival. This also represents the rise of our traditional craft in China, which is very meaningful. If you are interested, please personally feel the unique flavor of Suzhou-style moon cakes!

Su-style moon cakes originated in the Tang Dynasty and have a history of more than 200 years. The craftsmen who make Su-style moon cakes actually improved their skills based on the collective wisdom of the ancients. They originated in the Tang Dynasty and were built in the Song Dynasty. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that people continued to develop. At that time, only Suzhou-style moon cakes were popular in the Mid-Autumn Festival. More than two centuries have passed, Suzhou people's skills are getting better and better, and the development page of Soviet-style moon cakes is getting better and better. Up to now, there are many generations of artists who can record it in words. It is also the inheritance of China's traditional culture and is deeply loved by people.