There are many kinds of moon cakes in China. According to the origin, there are Beijing style, Guangzhou style, Soviet style, desktop style, Yunnan style, Hong Kong style and Chao style. In addition to the distinction of origin, there are also many tastes of moon cakes. Do you know what are the four major types of moon cakes in China? Let's have a look
Four kinds of Chinese moon cakes
Cantonese style moon cakes are the most popular. Although they originated in Guangzhou, Cantonese style moon cakes have been popular all over the country. They are produced in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shanghai and other places, becoming the largest kind of moon cakes at present. Even overseas Chinese and students living abroad, as far as Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia and the United States, take cantonese moon cakes as a necessary product for enjoying the moon during the Mid Autumn Festival. Cantonese style moon cakes are characterized by thin skin and large fillings. Usually, the ratio of skin to fillings is 1:4. The oil content of skin to fillings is higher than that of other categories. They taste soft, smooth and have prominent surface luster. According to different fillings, traditional Cantonese style moon cakes can be divided into nut type, meat and poultry type, coconut type and rongsha type. Later, fruit type, jam type and vegetable type have been developed.
Beijing style moon cake -- the legacy of the palace originated in Beijing, Tianjin and surrounding areas. It has a certain market in the north. Its main feature is that the sweetness and the proportion of skin and stuffing are moderate. The general proportion of skin and stuffing is 2:3. It is dominated by the special flavor of stuffing and tastes crisp. The biggest feature of Beijing style moon cakes is the palace style, exquisite workmanship and complex production procedures, ranking first among the four major moon cake systems in China. The material selection procedure is also quite complex. Taking the jujube material used in moon cake as an example, Miyun jujube in the specified month must be selected, with small core, sweet meat and juice honey, and then the jujube with the same specification shall be selected through screening, and then go through processes such as de coring, peeling, slag removal, rough preparation, refinement, grading and sorting.
Yunnan style moon cake -- fragrant ham Yunnan style moon cake, also known as cloud leg moon cake, is made of Xuanwei ham, a specialty of Yunnan, with honey, lard, sugar and other fillings, and baked with purple wheat flour from Chenggong, Kunming. Its surface is golden yellow or brownish red, with a hard shell outside, oily and gorgeous, and thousands of layers of pastry wrapped in the filling heart. This kind of moon cake has both fragrant ham and sweet and salty honey. It is comfortable to eat and not greasy.
Soviet style moon cakes -- small and exquisite Soviet style moon cakes originated in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and surrounding areas. The poetry of Song Dynasty poet Su Shi is like chewing the moon. There are crisp and Yi in it, which is Soviet style moon cakes. Su style moon cakes are characterized by crispness. Their fillings are pressed tightly. They will be crispy when they are gently eaten with their teeth. The fillings include five kernels, bean paste, etc., and the sweetness is higher than that of other types of moon cakes. The fresh meat moon cake should be the leader of the Soviet style moon cake, which can also be said to be the sole Walker and new favorite of the moon cake family in recent years
Types of new moon cakes
1. Ice skin moon cake: ice skin moon cake is characterized in that the cake skin does not need to be roasted and eaten after freezing. It is mainly transparent milky white epidermis, but also purple, green, red, yellow and other colors. The tastes are different, and the appearance is very harmonious and interesting.
2. Ice cream moon cake: ice cream moon cake is completely made of ice cream as filling, but only with the moon cake mold. August 15 is the Mid Autumn Festival, but the heat has not been completely removed. It is delicious and cool, which is also a popular choice for many consumers.
3. Fruit and vegetable moon cakes: mainly fruits and vegetables, with smooth and soft fillings and different flavors. The fillings include Hami melon, pineapple, litchi, strawberry, winter melon, taro, black plum, orange, etc. and fruit juice or fruit pulp, so they have a fresh, cool and sweet flavor.
4. Seafood moon cake: Seafood moon cake is a relatively expensive moon cake. Its fillings include abalone, shark fin, laver, ray column, etc. It tastes slightly salty and fresh and is famous for its sweet aroma.
5. Cool moon cake: cool moon cake is refined by mixing lily, mung bean and tea into moon cake filling. It is the latest creativity and has the effect of refreshing and beautifying.
6. Coconut milk moon cake: coconut milk moon cake is made of fresh coconut milk, light milk and melons and fruits. It has low sugar and oil content, sweet taste, strong coconut flavor and lingering fragrance in the mouth. It has the functions of clearing and moistening, strengthening stomach and beauty.
7. Tea moon cake: Tea moon cake, also known as new tea ceremony moon cake, is mainly filled with new green tea and tastes light and fragrant. There is a kind of tea Rong moon cake, which is made of Oolong tea juice mixed with lotus Rong, which is more fresh.
8. Health moon cake: Health moon cake is a functional moon cake that appeared only the year before last, including ginseng moon cake, calcium moon cake, medicated moon cake, iodine moon cake, etc.
9. Elephant shaped moon cake: elephant shaped moon cake used to be called piggy cake. The stuffing is hard and most of it is children's food; Vivid appearance is the new favorite of children.
10. Golden cream moon cake: the skin of golden cream moon cake is full of cream flavor, golden color and excellent taste.
11. Miscellaneous grain moon cakes: the raw materials of miscellaneous grain moon cakes are made of Cereals, with delicious taste, health and fashion.
12. Chocolate moon cake: the filling of chocolate moon cake is mainly chocolate and some nuts (such as melon seeds, walnuts, peanut kernels, etc.), which tastes sweet and caters to the tastes of young women.