The five kernels of five-nut mooncakes refer to olive kernels, walnuts, black melon seeds, white sesame seeds and almonds.

1. Introduction to Wu-Ren Mooncakes

Wu-Ren Mooncakes are one of the traditional Chinese pastries. There are five-Ren Mooncakes made in different ways across the country, and they are the most popular among the various mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Famous.

It has the characteristics of exquisite ingredients, thin skin, rich fillings, delicious taste, not easy to break, and easy to carry. This kind of mooncake is drum-shaped, with slightly bulging edges, clear patterns and writing, regular shape, no skin broken, no filling exposed, and clear corners; the edge is ivory and the bottom is brownish red.

2. Flavor characteristics of five-nut mooncakes

Five-nut mooncakes cannot be tasted immediately after being freshly baked. Instead, they need to be cooled for 2 to 3 days before the cake becomes It's best when you taste it soft and oily.

The authentic five-nut mooncake exudes the fragrance of nuts and citrus. You can feel the soft and fragrant filling in the mouth. When you chew it slowly, you will find the rich taste of the nuts, coupled with the sweet fragrance of the ice meat, the overall The taste is crispy and soft, fragrant but not oily.

How to identify high-quality five-nut mooncakes:

1. Look at the appearance

First of all, the mooncakes are uniform in size and plump. The surface of Cantonese-style mooncakes is light brown, the vertical wall is creamy yellow, the egg paste is evenly applied, and the pattern is marked with the factory name and filling core. Beijing-style mooncakes have no pattern or product name, and have a brownish-yellow crust, such as homemade red dough. They are not bare, neither raw nor mushy, and have no sugar or filling.

2. Smell

Fresh quality mooncakes can emit a unique and tangy fragrance of mooncakes. Due to different raw materials, the fillings have different fragrances. If the mooncakes are made with low-quality raw materials or stored for a long time, they will smell a strange smell or smell.

3. Tasting

Generally, Cantonese-style mooncakes have thin crust and large fillings, pure taste, soft and refreshing texture. The filling is mainly made of lotus paste, coconut paste, egg yolk, fruit and various meat fillings, and is moderately sweet and salty.

The fillings of Beijing-style mooncakes are delicate and complicated to make. Mooncake skins are divided into four categories: oil skin, puff pastry, pulp skin and Jingguang skin; the fillings are divided into three categories: kneaded fillings, stir-fried fillings and rubbed fillings.

The filling core contains a lot of fruit materials. After cutting, you can see peach kernels, melon kernels, hemp seeds, osmanthus, green and red silk and various fruit materials. The red mooncakes also contain rock sugar. It tastes crispy, soft and delicate. Low-quality mooncakes not only have tough skin and lack of crispy fillings, but also often have a bitter taste.