Characteristics of mooncakes of various origins:
Cantonese mooncake: thin, fluffy, sweet, beautiful filling
Soviet mooncake: crunchy, crispy, layers of crispy stacked, heavy oil but not greasy, sweet and salty
Peking mooncake: exquisite appearance, thin and fluffy skin, layered and attractive flavor
Technological mooncake: heavy oil and sugar, soft taste
Dianese mooncake: skin of thin and fluffy, layers of softness
Dian-style mooncakes: crispy skin and filling, sweet and salty, yellow color, not greasy
Hui-style mooncakes: small and delicate, white as jade, crispy skin and filling
Qu-style mooncakes: crispy and tasty, sesame as the family
In which the Cantonese mooncake is more sophisticated materials, fine craftsmanship, rigorous production, so that the skin is thin and soft, golden yellow color, patterns and patterns of exquisite convex, modeling, filling large and oily, and the mooncake is very soft. Beautiful, large and moist filling, variety of fillings, stable quality, pure flavor, sweet and savory, aftertaste and become the leader of the moon cake family. So that different social classes, different income levels, different life interests of consumers covet, the formation of the land is not divided into North and South, people are not divided into old and young, all up and down the country to eat Cantonese-style moon cakes trend. Even overseas Chinese and foreign students living abroad, as close as Japan, Southeast Asia, as far as Australia and the United States, all of them take Cantonese mooncakes as a must-have product for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Cantonese moon cake is currently the largest class of moon cakes, which originated in Guangdong and the surrounding areas, has been popular throughout the country, characterized by thin skin, filling, usually skin-filling ratio of 2:8, skin-filling oil content is higher than other categories, eat up the texture of fluffy, slippery, the surface luster highlights the prominent representatives of the Guangzhou Lotus House and the Guangzhou Restaurants of the white lotus seed paste moon cake, and Jiangmen's Ligong Chenpi moon cake is also representative.
Peking-style mooncakes. Beijing-style moon cakes originated in Beijing and Tianjin and the surrounding areas, there is a certain market in the north, its main feature is the sweetness and skin-filling ratio is moderate, the general skin-filling ratio of 4:6, to the filling of the special flavor-based, crunchy and fluffy texture, the main products are the Beijing Taoxiangcun's red moon cakes, white moon cakes, and five kernels of moon cakes, and so on.
Su-style mooncakes. Soviet-style moon cakes originated in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and neighboring areas, its main feature is the loose crust, filling with five nuts, bean paste, etc., sweetness is higher than other types of moon cakes, the main products are produced in Hangzhou, Luminous Soviet-style moon cakes and so on.
The Dian-style mooncake. Dian-style moon cakes are mainly originated and popular in Yunnan, Guizhou and surrounding areas, and now also gradually by consumers in other regions like, 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 Kunming Jixingxiang cloud leg moon cakes.
Qu-style mooncakes, which can be described as self-contained, are a local specialty of Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is characterized by the use of sesame as an important raw material, so Qu-style mooncakes are also known as "Quzhou hemp cakes". The main representatives are "Duze Osmanthus Mooncake" and "Shao Yongfeng Sesame Cake", a centuries-old Chinese brand.
Hui-style mooncakes are made of shortcrust pastry, which is made of the finest flour mixed with veggie oil, and the cake flames are made of wild vegetables, which are pickled and mixed with fresh lard and sugar. The main representative is the "dried plum moon cake".
Other styles of moon cakes relatively small amount, "every year the Mid-Autumn Festival bright moon night, years and years of moon cakes are different," in recent years, new styles of moon cakes are emerging. Such as iced mooncake, ice cream mooncake, fruit and vegetable mooncake, seafood mooncake, coconut milk mooncake, tea mooncake and so on. Here we take a look at today's new mooncakes:
*Ice mooncakes: characterized by the crust without baking, frozen and eaten. Transparent milky white skin mainly, but also purple, green, red, yellow and other colors. Flavors vary, the appearance is very harmonious and interesting.
* ice cream moon cake: made entirely of ice cream, just with the mold of the moon cake, August 15, is already the Mid-Autumn Festival but the heat has not been completely removed, delicious plus cool, but also a lot of consumers are keen to choose. One of the most cost-effective is the eight happy ice cream moon cake, and H?agen-Dazs enjoys "ice cream in the Rolls-Royce" name and become the most expensive ice cream moon cake
* Fruit and vegetable moon cake: characterized by the filling is mainly fruits and vegetables, filling smooth and soft, with a variety of different flavors, fillings are cantaloupe, pineapple, lychee, strawberries, winter melon, taro, Ume, orange, etc., and with fruit juice or fruit pulp, so more fresh and sweet flavor.
*Seafood mooncake: is a more expensive mooncake, abalone, shark's fin, seaweed, skate, etc., the taste is slightly salty and fresh, known for its sweetness and aroma.
*Narrowing mooncake: It is made by combining lily, green bean and tea into the mooncake filling, which is the newest idea and has the effect of moisturizing and beautifying the skin.
*Coconut Milk Mooncake: made of freshly squeezed coconut milk, evaporated milk and fruits and melons, it is low in sugar and oil, sweet and rich in coconut flavor. It has the function of clearing, moisturizing, stomach-healthy and beauty.
*Tea mooncake: also known as the new tea ceremony mooncake, with new green tea as the main filling, the taste is light and slightly fragrant. One type of tea mooncake is made with oolong tea juice mixed with lotus seed paste, which is more refreshing.
*Health mooncakes: These are functional mooncakes that appeared only the year before, including ginseng mooncakes, calcium mooncakes, medicinal mooncakes, and iodine-containing mooncakes.
*Like-shaped moon cakes: used to be called piglet cakes, with hard fillings, mostly for children's food; vivid appearance, is the new favorite of children.
*Golden Cream Mooncake: the crust is full of creamy flavor, the color is golden, and the taste is excellent.
*Mini mooncake: the main shape is small and delicate, and the production method is exquisite.
Mixed grain mooncake: the raw materials are made from grains and cereals, which are tasty, healthy and fashionable. The mooncake launched by Xibei Catering Group is the most representative.
It is better to eat coconut, and people have different tastes. The melon strips in Beijing style are better, but they are sweet. The ham in the Suzhou style is good, but some people don't like the savory filling.
Currently, mooncakes can be divided into five categories: Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Suzhou and Chao.
Fancy similar, but the wind and its flavor is very different: Beijing and Tianjin moon cakes to the word of the vegetarian, oil and filling are vegetarian; and Canton moon cakes are light oil and sugar; Su-style is to take the rich flavor, oil and sugar are focused on, and preferred in the fluffy; Chao-style moon cakes body is flatter, the crust is white, to the filling of crispy sugar, crisp in the mouth.
Other mooncakes, such as the Yunnan-style mooncake, Ningbo-style mooncake, Shanghai-style mooncake, Xiamen-style mooncake, Fuzhou-style mooncake, and other mooncakes, are also popular. mooncakes" in Shanghai, "Qinglan mooncakes" in Xiamen, "five-kernel mooncakes" in Fuzhou, "Demao Kung" crystal mooncakes in Xi'an, "Old Dingfeng" mooncakes in Harbin, "black sesame mooncakes" in Yangzhou, "black sesame mooncakes" in Shanghai, and "black sesame mooncakes" in Shanghai. Black Sesame Mooncake" from Yangzhou, "Dried Vegetable Mooncake" from Shaoxing, "Taoxiangcun Mooncake" from Beijing, "Soft Grape Filled Mooncake" and "Soft Grape Filled Mooncake" from Jinan, and "Dried Vegetable Mooncake" from Xi'an. "moon cakes" and "crystal bean paste" moon cakes in Jinan and other famous varieties, flavor characteristics of a variety of different.
Beijing-style mooncakes, the practice is like a burrito, crispy and delicious crust; Soviet-style mooncakes eat layers of crust and thin, soft and white, sweet and delicious, the more loose crust, the whiter, the better; Cantonese-style mooncakes and the crust and Western-style pastry similar to the inner filling of the famous; the traditional Taiwanese mooncakes, also known as moon cakes, sweet potatoes as the material, the taste is sweet, but not greasy, fluffy and tasty.