Osmanthus Flower Jelly 桂花糕

By Ellen L. Published: 2017-09-18

Chinese Mid Autumn Festival 中秋節 is coming around the corner!  It's the time of the full harvest moon, glowing lanterns held aloft by small hands, long nights of gazing longingly at Chang-O 嫦娥, lovely ethereal goddess of the moon, and stuffing of bellies to bursting point with delectable mooncakes, perfectly round to symbolize reunion.  

Ming dynasty painting The Moon Goddess Chang E, unknown artist 

To celebrate Mid Autumn Festival we hand press traditional mooncakes stuffed with fragrant lotus paste and golden duck egg yolks or five nut mooncakes stuffed with, yes, five kinds of nuts and tons of other goodies or sometimes we even make those delightful mix of traditional mooncake and mochi cakes known as snow skin mooncakes.  This year we decided to add to the festive edibles by whipping up this easy Chinese Osmanthus Flower Jelly, or 桂花糕, a traditional Chinese dessert jelly filled with the colors of autumn and delicately scented with the ethereal and floral perfume of the wonderful osmanthus flower.

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