Egg tarts are called egg towers in Taiwan Province province, which is a transliteration of tart, meaning pies with exposed fillings. Egg tart is a tart with egg paste as filling. The baked egg tart has a crispy crust on the outer layer and a sweet yellow solidified egg paste on the inner layer. Cantonese egg tart appeared in Guangzhou at about 1920. In Hong Kong, some cake shops started selling egg tarts at about 1940, and gradually introduced Cantonese morning tea at 1950.
Second, the characteristics of egg tart
There are two kinds of egg tart skins: one is pastry, which is called puff pastry in English, and it is an egg tart skin that splashes slag when bitten; The other is butter crust, which is called shortcrust pastry in English. It needs a lot of butter, so it tastes like biscuits. At first, there were only cakes in Hong Kong. Later, Taichang Bakery (a famous egg tart shop in Hong Kong) made pastry crust with cookie dough, which was a great success. Now Hong Kong egg tarts are doing well. One is Taichang Cake Shop and the other is Tandao Cake Shop. Taichang mainly makes pastry, while Tandao mainly makes cakes. Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, especially favored Taichang egg tart, so Taichang egg tart was also called Fat Peng egg tart. Tangdao egg tart skin can be divided into Shui Pi and oil skin: Shui Pi is dominated by eggs, while oil skin is dominated by butter and lard. Egg tart skin is a sandwich made of two layers of water bags and one layer of oil skin, which is more layered when baked. Shui Pi oil skin was invented by Hong Kong people. Another feature of Hong Kong egg tarts is that they only use China eggs instead of American eggs. They think American eggs are not as strong as China eggs.
As a kind of leisure food, egg tart has gradually become popular in Chinese mainland, and it has become a fashion to go to an egg tart shop to eat egg tart. When people go shopping, they are often first attracted by the attractive smell of egg tarts. The first time you eat an egg tart, you will be conquered by its crisp and silky taste and become its loyal fans.
Third, the nutrition and efficacy of egg tarts
The heat of an egg tart is very high, and the heat of an egg tart is equivalent to a bowl of rice. Moreover, egg tarts are crisp and soft to eat and easy to eat. The calorie of an egg tart is about 300 calories. If you eat two or three egg tarts at a time, you must jog for an hour to burn these calories.
Egg tart contains a lot of fat, and most of them are unsaturated fatty acids. So when you eat egg tart, you will eat a lot of oil, which is not easy to consume or feel full, so you will eat more if you are not careful. Among the fats contained in egg tarts, saturated fatty acids account for 56%. According to related research, the ingredients of egg tart are very harmful to cardiovascular health.
Therefore, even if the egg tart is delicious, it must be eaten in moderation, not often, and not too much at a time.