August 24, 2008 on 2:27 am | In Pastry Recipes |
Mooncakes are eaten during the Mid Autumn Festival Lunar day – 15 August. The moon at this day is also found to be the biggest, brightest and roundest comparing to other days. Mooncakes are sweet tasting and comes in a variety of fillings (paste) such as red bean paste, green tea paste, yam paste, durian paste, etc. It would be an enjoyment to eat mooncakes served with tea with your family members during these days. On the other hand, the kids will be engrossed with playing with lanterns with their friends and relatives.
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| Snowskin premix (Cooked Glutinous Rice mixed with flour) |
260 g |
| Shortening |
40 g |
| Sugar Syrup |
400 ml |
| Lotus seed paste |
1.5 kg |
| A little colouring and banana essence |
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| Some Baked glutinous rice |
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Making Snowskin
1.Put premix in a bowl
2.Add in shortening. Use hand and mix the shortening with the snowskin premix until it blend thoroughly.(mixture A)
3.Mix flavouring and essence into sugar syrup - (mixture B) Add mixture B into mixture A. Use hand to blend ingredients thoroughly.
4.Leave it for 15-20 minutes for the premix to set.
Molding the mooncake
1. Divide snowskin dough and lotus seed paste into small portions. Usually a mooncake consists of 30 % snowskin dough and 70 % lotus seed paste depending on the mooncake mold (60g dough and 140g paste). Divide snowkin dough and lotus seed paste into 60 g and 140 g respectively. Roll snowskin and lotus seed paste into round shapes.
2. Flatten the one of the round shape snowskin, put in the lotus seed paste. Wrap lotus seed paste with the snowskin.
3. Sprinkle some baked glutinous flour on the mooncake mold. Put (2) into the mooncake mold. Flatten and shape it into mooncake. Put the mooncakes on a tray sprinkled with baked glutinous flour.
4.Continue with the rest portions of snowskin and lotus seed paste to make it into mooncakes.
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