Little jade planets: matcha taro puff pastries 抹茶芋頭酥

Swirl mania! Don't they look like little planets?





These are traditional Chinese puff/flaky pastry (酥皮), often stuffed with sweet fillings such as sweet bean paste and taro or savory fillings. In a way it's like Chinese steamed bun but with flaky crust...ha! These pastry varies from region to region throughout China, but when talking about these flaky pastries, two styles come in mind: the Su-style and Cantonese style. In the region of Suzhou, mooncakes are made of these puff pastry while these puff pastries are often stuffed with sweet filling in Canton region.

Unlike pâte feuilletée (French puff pastry), the Chinese puff pastry dough are quite easy to make and require not as much preparation time. See my another post onthe hard working pastries 勤勞的酥皮 1 : 蘿蔔絲酥餅 for process photos.

Matcha Taro Puff Pastry

1 dozen

- Recipe coming tonight , stay tuned! -