Mooncakes - Desserts Recipe

Mooncakes

🌍 Desserts, China (Mid-Autumn Festival) Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• (Crust) 100g golden syrup
• 30ml lye water
• 30ml oil
• 150g flour. Filling: 400g lotus paste
• salted egg yolks

Method

1. Mixing — Mix syrup, lye water, oil. Add flour. Rest 1 hour.
2. Wrapping — Wrap lotus paste around egg yolk.
3. Wrapping — Wrap crust around filling. Press into mooncake mold.
4. Baking — Bake 180°C (350°F) for 5 min, cool, brush with egg, bake 15 more min.
5. Resting — Rest 2 days — skin softens.

Tags: 100g golden syrup, lye water, flour. filling: 400g lotus paste, salted egg yolks · Source: Brittani's Almanac