MOON NUTS RECIPES

Steps:

• Wrapper
• Filling
• Assemble
• Baking

Steps:

• Fillings: (A) Red Bean Filling 450g red bean paste (B) Dried Fruit & Nuts Filling: 100g pitted black dates 200 cc water 2 Tbsp white grape wine 2 Tbsp wine 2 Tbsp Sugar Syrup* 1 Tbsp flour 1 Tbsp glutinous flour 50g almond 50g sugar 60g toasted sesame 80g walnut 30g pine nuts 30g raisins 20g oil Light Color Pastry Shine Oil 1 egg yolk 2 tsp cooking wine , 1/2 tsp milk Dark Color Pastry Shine Oil 1 egg yolk 2 tsp cooking wine 1 sugar syrup, heated (like caramel sort ) Make filling.
• Cook the dates with the 200 cc water on low heat until all the water is absorbed.
• Add wines, syrup and flours.
• Cook to thicken.
• Remove the dates and mash .
• Cut raisins and other fruit and nuts into thin stripes or little pieces .
• Mix with the mashed dates .
• Shape into dough with hands.
• Let cool.
• Divide into 30 g balls.
• Make Pastry crust. Mix both type of flour and baking powder then sift and place it into a large bowl.
• Dig a hole in the middle of dough .
• Mix the sugar-water and oil and pour it into the hole. Slowly mix well.
• Then knead till the dough no longer sticky to hand and is shiny.
• Don't use too much force to knead.
• Divide dough into 12 portion .
• Each portion should weight 25g.
• On each piece of dough place the filling--either the red bean paste or the dried fruit/nuts filling.
• Sprinkle flour in mooncake mold.
• Place the mooncake into the mold and press into shape. Get rid of the extra flour on the mold.
• Then brush the top with the shine oil.
• Bake at 190C degree for 15 minutes.
• ** For red bean paste mooncake the crust is same as the above one. ** If no mold shape in round with hand Cantonese Style Mooncake ( Red Bean Paste with egg yolk ) Pastry : (A)2C cake flour , 1T milk powder , 2/5C fine sugar , 1/8t baking powder (B ) 1/3C oil , 1/2t salt , 1/3C honey , 1 egg yolk Filling: 900g Red bean paste , 20 Salted Egg Yolks Sieve ingredient (A) on the flour, dig a hole in the middle , add the (B) ingredients.
• Stir them and knead into a very soft dough.
• Cut into 10 portions.
• Divide the red bean paste into 10 portions , wrap 2 egg yolks into each of the portion.(before this the yolk may be dip with wine and bake in oven for 5 minutes). Wrap each of the (2) into each of the (1). Press into the mooncake mold , tip it out of the mold, apply beaten egg on the surface. Bake in oven bake for 20 minutes at 180C degree.