Alan Davidson

Rice Paper

Appears in
Oxford Companion to Food
Oxford Companion to Food

By Alan Davidson

Published 2014

  • About

rice paper is used to provide an edible base for sweet confections such as macaroon. It does not come from the rice plant but from Tetrapanax papyrifer, a shrub or small tree of China. The paper is made from the pith of the stem.

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