Osmanthus cake

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there is a record of "Gui, Manjue Longdusheng", and now "Manlong Guiyu" is still the intoxicating beauty of Hangzhou. In autumn, people take cloth and bamboo poles, and go to the middle of the mountain to beat osmanthus flowers, which is a great interesting scene. The osmanthus flowers are dried and added to various dishes and cakes as a condiment, so that you can taste the flavor of osmanthus in all seasons. All over the country have the habit of eating osmanthus, Hangzhou people are particularly enthusiastic, osmanthus Longjing, osmanthus sugar, osmanthus wine, osmanthus rice cake, osmanthus lotus root powder and other foods abound, these are the local people's home-cooked way to eat, osmanthus cake is one of the most representative batch products, merchants make portable boxes, convenient for tourists to buy.

The most important condiment of osmanthus cake is dried osmanthus, the main body is mung bean cake, the peeled mung bean flour, white kidney bean flour and cream, trehalose and other raw materials and homogeneous mold, no rice flour and flour ingredients, the skin taste is very refreshing. Hangzhou people don't like sweet and greasy, the sugar content of the pastry is low, it is very well received by tourists from all over the world, and there are slightly salty fillings such as green tea and chestnut, which can better neutralize the sweetness of the skin, and increase the taste level, chew it full of fragrance, tourists must not miss it. In terms of appearance, it is usually made into a small round or square with a mold, and the three-dimensional pattern is carved above, which is more exquisite, and it is also very good to buy and give away. As for the mung bean cake, it is equivalent to a simplified version of osmanthus cake, which can be seen all over the country, and we do not particularly recommend it.

It is best to buy in a physical store, there are often fresh tasting samples in the store, you can try them one by one and then choose your favorite flavor; If it's inconvenient, you can also shop online, Lao Hangbang, Louwailou, Zhiweiguan and other famous stores in Hangzhou have Jingdong online stores, a box is about 30 yuan, and the price of the physical store is about the same.

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