According to legend, there are two different versions of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival:

First, it is said that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty distributed the mooncakes to hundreds of officials to taste after his victory in the border expedition;

< p>2. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty and revolted one after another. However, the officers and soldiers of the court were heavily guarded and it was very difficult to transmit the news. So they hid the note with "Uprising on the 15th of August" in the mooncakes. , the rebels from all walks of life rose up in rebellion as soon as they saw the word. Eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chaoshan is mainly derived from this theory.

Chaozhou-style mooncakes: Originated from the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong, heavy oil produces sugar, the filling is traditional, and the main ingredients are candied winter melon. The texture is soft and moist, with the aroma of green onion.

Chaozhou-style mooncakes have a flat body, white crust, halva filling, and a crispy texture. There are two main types of the most traditional Teochew-style mooncakes: one mixed with lard called moon cake; one mixed with peanut oil called clear oil cake. Generally, mooncakes made in Chaozhou and with strong local characteristics of Chaozhou are called moon cakes.

How to make Chaozhou-style mooncakes:

Ingredients:

Oil crust: 300 grams of purple orchid low-gluten flour, 200 grams of red double-circle high-gluten flour, fine 90g sugar, 150g Da8 pure lard, 100g egg yolk, 240g water

Pastry: 500g purple orchid low-gluten flour, 280g Da8 pure lard

< p> Production process:

1. Oil pastry: mix all ingredients, stir until the gluten expands, set aside;

2. Pastry: mix all ingredients thoroughly, set aside; < /p>

3. Use the large pastry method to roll out the dough filled with pastry until it is uniformly thick (about 3mm), roll it into a cylindrical shape and relax it;

4. Loose it well Cut the dough into pieces, roll it out thinly with the cut side facing up, wrap it with various fillings, and shape it;

5. Bake in the oven.