Taro pastry
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Type | pastry |
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Place of origin | Taiwan |
Region or state | Taichung |
Main ingredients | flour, butter, sugar, taro filling |
Taro pastry (Chinese: 芋頭酥; pinyin: Yùtóusū) is a Taiwanese shortbread snack with a spherical shape and made with taro as sweet filling.[1] It first appeared in Taichung City, Taiwan in the late 1980s. At that time, it was made from surplus taro, but it later became a local snack.[2]
Method of preparation
[edit]The main method of making taro pastry is to wrap the pastry made with flour and butter with the filling made of taro puree and place it in the oven.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bull, Marian (2014-02-18). "At Win Son Bakery, a new vegan treat delights". Gothamist. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Ah-Tsung-Shih Taro Culture Museum". Gothamist (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ 高宜凡 (2014-02-18). "先麥食品/芋頭文化觀光工廠 訴說芋頭故事,廠房變身超級銷售點". Gothamist (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- 張尊禎 (2009-04-01). 台灣糕餅五十味–舌尖上的懷舊旅行. 台灣: 遠流出版事業股份有限公司. pp. 103頁–104頁. ISBN 978-957-32-6456-9.
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