At the table
Pick up a small bread and bite or break it into pieces. Hold a plate beneath it to catch the crumbly walnut coating.
Contains wheat and walnuts. Ask about other ingredients if you have allergies or dietary restrictions; the name alone does not identify every bakery’s recipe.
Walnut coating, size and seasonings vary by maker. This version uses vegetable oil; confirm the actual recipe if you avoid animal ingredients.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Walnut coating, size and seasonings vary by maker. This version uses vegetable oil; confirm the actual recipe if you avoid animal ingredients.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Toasted walnut and wheat, with a rich nutty aroma.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- A crisp, crumbly surface over a tender baked bread interior.
- How it’s made
- Wheat dough is fermented in stages with vegetable oil, mixed with walnut paste, shaped into small rounds, coated with more walnut paste and baked.
Walnut coating, size and seasonings vary by maker. This version uses vegetable oil; confirm the actual recipe if you avoid animal ingredients.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Shaanxi.
About this regional connection
Shaanxi: Ningqiang,Hanzhong;boundedvegetableoilwalnutpasteversion.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有宁强核桃馍吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Walnut aroma inside and out
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
In Ningqiang, walnut mo is both a local baked snack and a food taken as a gift. Working walnut paste into the dough and onto its surface gives the small breads their distinctive toasted aroma.