Name: Snowy Mooncake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 50g Glutinous rice flour; 35g Sticky rice; 20g starch; 50g Powdered sugar; 20g butter; 150g milk; 200g Homemade purple sweet potato filling; 200g Homemade red bean paste; Some Matcha powder; 12s Dried roses; Some olive oil

Snowy Mooncake

by Dong Xiaochu 2012

4.8 (1)

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Every time around the Mid-Autumn Festival, I look forward to returning home quickly, enjoying the full moon with my family, and enjoying the happiness of reunion. Of course, it is my greatest wish. Another thing that excites me is moon cakes, a traditional special food that must be eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the north, the typical five-ren moon cakes are my favorite. The white sesame seeds, melon seeds, raisins, and white sugar are made into fillings, and the dough and short pastry are made into pie crusts. The fillings are wrapped and placed in a mold to form a moon cake blank, which is then baked in the oven. The mooncakes just out of the oven are also very delicious.
However, traditional moon cakes are rich in oil and sugar, which are high-calorie foods. People are beginning to pay more and more attention to the nutrition of moon cakes and the innovation of the production process.
Out of my love for food, I couldn't resist such a rising tide of mooncakes, and started to study mooncakes. From mooncake filling to pie crust, every attempt that lasts for several hours is a test of one's perseverance.
Making, taking pictures, writing Weibo, and writing recipes, from before the festival to after the festival, Dong Xiaochu's snowy mooncakes may not be the best, but they are definitely with heart. I sincerely hope that my method can make most people eat delicious snowy mooncakes.
The method of snowy mooncakes is relatively simple, does not need to be baked, and the tools are relatively easy to prepare. As long as you prepare the raw materials, you can make mooncakes that are humorous and interesting. "

Snowy Mooncake

1. Prepare snow skin materials

2. Prepare homemade purple sweet potato filling, red bean paste filling

3. Melt the butter and let cool for later use

4. Crushed rose petals for later use

5. Sift glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour, orange powder, and powdered sugar into a basin

6. Add the milk to the basin and use chopsticks to slowly stir evenly

7. Add the melted butter and continue to stir until the butter is incorporated

8. Let the prepared batter stand for 30 minutes

9. Cover the batter with plastic wrap, put it in a steamer, boil and steam for 20-25 minutes

10. After steaming, take it out and let it cool and knead it into a smooth dough

11. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts, and knead the matcha powder into the dough in one part

12. Kneaded matcha dough

13. One portion is fully kneaded with crushed rose petals

14. Kneaded rose flower dough

15. Take 20g dough and knead it into a ball

16. Take 30g purple potato puree and red bean paste, knead them into round balls and set aside

17. Press the dough into slices, and put the filling on the snow skin slices

18. Gently push the dough from the bottom up, and at the same time use the left thumb to press the filling down. This process should be light, otherwise the ice crust at the bottom will become thin and even crack, causing the filling to leak

19. After closing, knead into a 50g ball

20. There is an oil brush in the mooncake mold and brush with a thin layer of olive oil

21. Put the stuffed dough into the moon cake mold

22. Place the mooncake mold on the chopping board and press it lightly a few times

23. Launch the mooncakes, and the beautiful and delicious snowy mooncakes are ready

24. Finished product

25. Finished product

Tips:
1. When making ice skin, some odorless vegetable oils such as corn oil are added. I personally think that adding butter is more delicious
2. The steaming time of the roux depends on the amount. If the amount is large, the steaming time can be extended appropriately
3. Fruity powder, cocoa powder and other powder materials can also be added to the ice skin, depending on personal taste
4. I used a 50g moon cake mold with a 20g snow skin and 30 g filling. The snow skin moon cake made with this ratio has a thin skin and a large filling, but it is easier to break. You can also change the ratio according to personal preference
5. You can also make a little cooked glutinous rice flour and sprinkle it in the moon cake mold to prevent adhesion