Cantonese-style Mooncake with Lotus Seed Paste and Egg Yolk (super Full Version)

by Cc Lu wants to be Monkey King

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Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

2

The varieties of moon cakes have their own merits, and Cantonese-style moon cakes are the most traditional in the hearts of Chinese people.
Being able to personally give mooncakes to family and friends will be the most heartfelt gift of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Please be patient and read the 42 steps, which are explained in detail! wish you success!

The most expensive in the world has never been the most expensive, nor is it the rarest.
It's who does it for whom, and this right can only be enjoyed by those you love.

For reference only: According to this formula, 48 moon cakes (50 grams each) can be made

Ingredients

Cantonese-style Mooncake with Lotus Seed Paste and Egg Yolk (super Full Version)

1. (1) Processing the egg yolk: Pour the salted egg yolk in a dish, and pour in corn oil that has not been covered with the egg yolk

2. Put it in the refrigerator for more than 5 hours

3. Preheat the oven at 150°, put the egg yolk on the baking tray and bake for 5 minutes.

4. Pour an appropriate amount of high-concentration liquor (above 38 degrees) into the watering can.

5. Take the salted egg yolk out of the oven, the salted egg yolk is very tempting at this time! Wear anti-scalding gloves and be careful when you burn it!

6. Spraying the white wine on the surface of the salted egg yolk while it is hot can effectively remove the fishy, and let it cool for later use.

7. (2) Making moon cake filling: Take a salted egg yolk, add an appropriate amount of white lotus paste and weigh it equal to 25 grams

8. Dip a small amount of corn oil on both hands (the leftover from soaking the egg yolk), press the lotus paste filling into a round thin skin, and place the salted egg yolk in the center of the round skin

9. Wrap the egg yolk in the lotus seed paste and close it gently

10. Round with hands

11. Get a lot of lotus paste and egg yolk filling

12. Cover with plastic wrap to prevent the filling from drying out, and set aside for later use.

13. (3) Making mooncake crust: 450 grams of inverted syrup is squeezed into the cooking bowl

14. Add 6 grams of soap

15. Mix the two together and stir evenly

16. Then add 150 grams of corn oil

17. After stirring evenly, set aside

18. Mix 45 grams of milk powder and 600 grams of moon cake powder

19. Sift the flour together

20. Pour the sifted powder into the mixed syrup, first use a spatula to stir into a dough

21. Then knead the dough into a dough with your hands (remember to wear disposable gloves)

22. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rest for 20 minutes.

23. (4) Mooncake package method:
Divide the mooncake crust dough into 25 grams each

24. Round each small agent and press it into a round thin skin

25. 25g moon cake crust + 25g moon cake filling, the moon cake filling is placed in the center of the moon cake crust

26. Gently seal with your hands and rub round

27. Put it in a small amount of mooncake powder and roll it in a circle

28. Put it in the palm of your hand and rub it gently again

29. Put the rounded dough balls into the moon cake mold (50g)

30. Press down gently, be sure to pay attention, you will press out the mooncakes if you use the power of the wild! !

31. Xiaobai will have a sense of accomplishment in this step (visual accomplishment is bursting))

32. Follow the same method to print out piles of mooncakes

33. (5) Bake mooncakes and knock out raw eggs, only take the yolk part

34. Beat with egg yolk liquid, set aside

35. Pour 200ml of purified water into the watering can

36. Put the mooncakes into the baking tray and spray a layer of pure water

37. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees, the upper and lower fire, the middle layer, and bake the mooncakes for 10 minutes

38. Bake for 10 minutes, take it out, and brush with a thin layer of egg liquid! Remember to be thin! !

39. Oven 150 degrees, upper and lower fire, middle level, continue to bake for 12 minutes, take out

40. The baked moon cakes are bright and golden! After drying, put on plastic wrap

41. (6) Before returning to oil~
After the moon cake crust absorbs the water, oil and the oil in the moon cake filling, the crust will become soft and oily. At this time, the taste of the moon cake will reach its best.
Keep it in a cool place, it will become soft for more than 24 hours.
We call this process "oil return".

42. After returning the oil.

Tips:

1. The egg yolk must be processed in advance, so that the egg yolk filling will be delicious! !
2. If you are unwilling to buy inverted syrup, you can find more homemade syrup methods through the Gourmet Jie APP!

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