Assemble the mooncakes: Roll the lotus paste into a ball and flatten ... popular in East Asian countries, while matcha paste or chopped nuts make the taste of this dessert more familiar.

Unlike traditional mooncakes with egg, this one, containing two yolks, is made with lotus-seed paste and peanut oil ... there is a delicate mess of nuts, seeds and, apparently, ham!

Nothing says Mid-Autumn Festival quite like mooncakes. These delicious pastries, traditionally filled with sweet and silky-smooth lotus seed paste, are often accompanied by a salted egg yolk ...