Taste of Chinese New Year in Xinjiang (5)

Crusty pancake. [Photo by Li Hongrui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Crusty pancake

Crusty pancake is the staple food of Uygur and Kazak people in Xinjiang. People cut the cake into small pieces and consume them with mutton soup or roasted mutton. Often roasted mutton was placed on a crusty pancake to let the cake be soaked with the extra oil of the meat, which makes the pancake taste better.

Baked butter pancakes. [Photo by Li Hongrui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Baked butter pancakes

Han people living in Barkol Kazak autonomous county in Xinjiang often make this kind of pancake for Chinese New Year. They add egg, butter and sugar in the flour and baked the two sides of the cake for about 30 minutes. The pancake with many layers tastes crispy and sweet.