Peen tong orpian tang (Chinese:片糖;pinyin:piàntáng;Cantonese Yale:pintòng;lit. 'slab sugar') andwong tong (Chinese:黃糖;pinyin:huángtáng;Cantonese Yale:wòngtòng;lit. 'yellow sugar'),[1] is aChinesebrown sugar andsugar candy that is used in various Chinese desserts and also consumed alone as a snack.[2][3][4] In China, it is sold in slab or brick form in one-pound packages, and occasionally as a bulk food item.[2][3][5]
Peen tong is used as an ingredient in desserts, sauces and sweet soups.[1]Peen tong is sometimes used as an ingredient innian gao, whereby the slab ofpeen tong is scraped and the resultant shavings are used in the dish.[3][6][5] Another method for its use innian gao is to dissolve thepeen tong in water, which is less time-consuming compared to scraping it.[3][6] It is used as an ingredient injiandui (Chinese:煎堆;pinyin:jiānduī;Cantonese Yale:jīndēui), asesame ball prepared using glutinous rice flour.[7]Peen tong is also used inhaptou wu (Chinese:合桃糊;pinyin:hétáo hú;Jyutping:hap6 tou4 wu2;Cantonese Yale:hahptòu wú), a sweet Chinesewalnut soup.[8]
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