Sampler: Mooncakes
snow-skin mooncakes on foodphotoblog
Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and mooncakes, a traditional Moon Festival pastry, were served all over the Eastern (and Western) world.
Red Cook runs through some highlights in commercial production of mooncakes, and then offers the recipe for the snow-skin mooncake pictured above (hint, it contains a cherry-almond filling).
A Tiger in the Kitchen walks its readers through a more conventional recipe for “sea-foam” colored, cube-shaped, confections.
For some seriously gourmet mooncake picks, check out “12 Mooncakes You Don’t Want to Miss” on Sparklette. [via Mike's Blog Journal]
Lastly, here are some more intriguing pictures of this festive food…
Starbucks Tiramasu Mooncake by ♥ he@rt ♥ on Flickr
Cross Section by Sifu Renka on Flickr
mooncakes by nocas on Flickr
Snowy mooncake, from A Culilnary (Photo) Journal on Flickr
