It turns out that you can make all kinds of fun new and creative fillings for your Chinese pastries and buns. I recently discovered what I think is the key to being able to do this: white bean paste. I had not heard of white bean paste until recently, having only known its famous cousin, red bean paste 紅豆沙.
White bean paste 白豆沙 is a sweet, creamy mildly bean flavored paste of light color. It is used to fill pastries to delicious effect. A super added plus is that white bean paste takes on both color and flavors really well, thus allowing for all kinds of new filling flavors to be made.
We start off exploring the versatility of white bean paste by adding chocolate to it. So exciting, cuz I love, love, love chocolate. Our Chinese chocolate pastry filling turned out incredible: oh so chocolaty, creamy, and oozy. A perfect hidden heart of smooth creamy chocolate!
