Ox-tongue pastry
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An Ox-tongue pastry that is available in congee restaurants in Hong Kong | |
| Alternative names | Horse-ear pastry |
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| Type | Doughnut |
| Place of origin | Guangdong or Fujian, China |
| Main ingredients | fried dough |
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| Chinese | 牛脷酥 | ||||||||||
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Ox-tongue pastry (Chinese: 牛脷酥; Jyutping: ngau4 lei 6 sou1) or Horse-ear pastry (Chinese: 马耳; pinyin: Mǎ ěr) and may be referred to as a Chinese Doughnut is a Chinese cuisines that is popular in south China in the Canton or Fujian province. It is a fried dough food that is elliptical in shape and resembles an ox tongue or a horse ear. The pastry texture is chewy, with a soft interior and a crunchy crust. Ox-tongue pastry is lightly sweetened, and eaten as part of breakfast with soy milk. The pastry is made in a similar way as Youtiao, however, sugar is added to the flour.[1]
See also
- Shuangbaotai
- Youtiao
- Mandazi, a similar East African pastry
References
- 曾大平, (2002), 民間小吃製作圖解 (Traditional snacks in China), 萬里機構 ISBN 962-14-2376-7
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