Traditional Lotus Paste MoonCakes

Traditional Lotus Paste Moon Cake

Ingredients A:
200g Hong Kong Flour

Ingredients B: (Combined well)
130g golden syrup
60g peanut oil
½ tsp alkaline water

Ingredients C:
800g lotus paste

Ingredients D: (lightly beat)
1 piece egg yolk

Method:

  1. Sift Hong Kong flour into a mixing bowl.
  2. Pour in Ingredients B, combine well to get a smooth dough in one direction.
  3. Cover with cloth, let it stand for 2 hours.
  4. Divide dough to portions of 40-50g each portion.
  5. Lightly flour your hands, wrap lotus paste with dough, roll into a ball.
  6. Lightly flour the mould.
  7. Place mooncake in mould, flatten, dislodge the mooncake.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 15 minutes, remove.
  9. Set aside for 30 minutes, brush with egg yolk.
  10. Return mooncakes to oven, bake for another 15 minutes at 180°C.

Note:

  1. Yield : big 8 pieces /small 13 pieces.
  2. Store for 3 days before serving.
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One Response to “Traditional Lotus Paste MoonCakes”

  1. Going to try this recipe soon. Mooncake festival is very near.
    Thanks for sharing.

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