At the table
Handle gently over a plate to catch the flakes. Eat as a sweet snack, optionally with tea. Ask which filling you are buying.
Contains wheat and gluten. The lard version is neither vegetarian nor vegan. Sesame, peanuts, walnuts and egg depend on the recipe; check the complete ingredients and shared equipment if allergic. A fruit filling does not make the pastry vegetarian. Follow the maker’s storage and use-by instructions.
Fillings include nansha, sesame paste, hawthorn and bean paste. Nuts, seed kernels and candied fruit vary; they are not all present in every pastry. Egg and the type of fat also vary. Red dots may identify fillings within a shop, but ask rather than relying on a universal code.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Fillings include nansha, sesame paste, hawthorn and bean paste. Nuts, seed kernels and candied fruit vary; they are not all present in every pastry. Egg and the type of fat also vary. Red dots may identify fillings within a shop, but ask rather than relying on a universal code.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Sweet with toasted pastry richness; nuts, sesame or fruit give different fillings their character. Not chilli-hot.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Paper-thin, crumbly pastry layers around a softer filling.
- How it’s made
- Wheat dough encloses a flour-and-fat dough, then is rolled, portioned, filled and flattened before griddle-baking. The lard version described here is one preparation; makers also use other fats.
Fillings include nansha, sesame paste, hawthorn and bean paste. Nuts, seed kernels and candied fruit vary; they are not all present in every pastry. Egg and the type of fat also vary. Red dots may identify fillings within a shop, but ask rather than relying on a universal code.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Hebei.
About this regional connection
Hebei: Pingquan museum and HebeiTV identify this pastry and its craft.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有平泉御膳糖饼吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Papery layers from Pingquan
Known as yushan tangbing, these pastries belong to Pingquan’s hand-crafted sweet tradition. Their craft appears in Hebei’s provincial intangible-cultural-heritage list. Stories connecting them to Qing court cooks are local origin legends.