Wintermelon has become an ingredient I am more and more familiar with as of 2024 – I have used it in mooncakes, milk teas, and now cream puffs! What I love about wintermelon is that it is nostalgic – my mom would make wintermelon tea for us growing up, which was just wintermelon cooked down…
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Wintermelon Mooncakes
These wintermelon mooncakes are my homage to wintermelon tea. Wintermelon is not a super popular ingredient outside of Asia, as it is a relatively bland gourd that is caramelized and used as an ingredient for boba milk tea frequently. I grew up drinking wintermelon tea all the time, so I wanted to use that as…
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