The fillings of mooncakes are: lotus seed paste, fresh meat, chestnut paste, bean paste, five kernels, ham.
1, lotus seed paste: lotus seed paste mooncake is the most common mooncake on the market, with lotus seed paste and egg yolk as the filling, it is thin and oily skin fluffy, the cake filling smooth and sweet, sweetness deep seeping into people's hearts, can be said to be the classic varieties of the Mid-Autumn Mooncake. Lotus seed paste is lotus seed (broken).
2, fresh meat: Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai area specialties. As the name suggests, the filling is composed entirely of a large mass of fresh meat, the skin is crispy and powdery, but also lurks a few points of toughness, rich gravy slowly penetrate between them, can be described as a masterpiece.
3, chestnut paste: chestnut paste moon cake using chestnut as the main ingredient of the filling, chestnut is rich in starch and minerals, but the fat content is lower than other nuts, relatively more healthy.
4, bean paste: bean paste moon cake is steamed and beaten red beans and then add sugar and then fried, it is made of bean paste moon cake filling. Bean paste mooncake taste is also excellent, with a strong flavor of beans, swallowed without the discomfort of other mooncakes sticky throat.
5, five kernels: the so-called five kernels, not only five, but made of a variety of different fillings, usually including walnut kernels, peanut kernels, pine nuts, sesame seeds kernels, etc., with the symbolism of success and harmony.
6, ham: ham moon cakes are filled with Yunnan specialty Xuanwei ham, plus honey, lard, sugar, etc. for the filling, with the Kunming Chenggong purple wheat flour for the skin baked. Its surface is golden yellow or brownish red, with a layer of hard shell, oily and colorful, with a thousand layers of pastry wrapped around the filling. This kind of moon cake has both the fragrance of the ham, and sweet and salty tempting honey, comfortable in the mouth, eat without getting tired.