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]
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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 |
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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