Duck egg twist

Chaozhou traditional nosh first created in early Qing dynasty, now the most orthodox is traditional famous store “Hu Rongquan”.

Duck egg twist like Tangyuan in northward, tradition facture is very strict. There are fours kinds of stuffing, that is mung bean, red sweetened bean paste, dasheen mash and sesame candy, every stuffing is about 15 grams, put in white sugar water boil till it float.

Traditional three duck egg twist a bowl, everyone is different, in order to distinguish, when wrap, different stuffing made into different shapes, some is a little round, some is a little tine etc.

Why call it duch egg twist, now has two explanation, one is this Tangyuan big like duck egg, duck egg called female duck nit in Chaozhou language, so call duck egg twist, the other is Tangyuan float on water surface, like white female duck float on water, so call it duck egg twist.

The feature is shape like peel off lichee, fragrant and soft, just cooked is delicious and over cooked is also delicious.