| Type | pastry |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Taiwan |
| Region or state | Taichung |
| Main ingredients | flour, butter, sugar, taro filling |
Taro pastry (Chinese:芋頭酥;pinyin:Yùtóusū) is a Taiwanese shortbread snack with a spherical shape and made withtaro as sweet filling.[1] It first appeared inTaichung City, Taiwan in the late 1980s. At that time, it was made from surplus taro, but it later became a local snack.[2]
The main method of making taro pastry is to wrap the pastry made with flour and butter with the filling made of taro puree and place it in the oven.[3]
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