#Mooncake lotus seed paste egg yolk skin
#Mooncake lotus seed paste egg yolk plus

Spray a very, very thin mist of water on the surface of the mooncakes to prevent cracking the surfaces.

Try not to move the mooncake as it will ruin the stamped pattern. Push the plunger of the mold down and slowly release the mooncake onto the desired location on the baking sheet. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the wrapped filling ball into the mold and lightly dust the exposed bottom.

Dust your mooncake mold to prevent sticking.

Gently push the wrapper upward around the filling ball until completely covered.

Place a filling ball in the center of the wrapper. Take one portion of the wrapper dough and use the palm of your hand to flatten it into a round wrapper. Make sure to cover wrapper dough with plastic wrap to prevent drying out. Use a kitchen scale to divide the wrapper dough them into 10 balls of equal weight.Cover with plastic wrap and let it rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. Make the mooncake wrapper: In a medium-size mixing bowl, gently mix together flour, vegetable oil and honey/water mixture until combined and smooth.Shape filling into 10 balls, using a kitchen scale for uniformity. Heat on low and continually stir the paste mixture until you get a dry paste that has the texture of play-doh or soft clay. Once mixture is completely smooth, transfer paste to the medium-size frying pan. A Vitamix blender with a plunger is great for making a very smooth paste without the need to add too much water. If the blender gets stuck, add just enough water (no more than 1/3 cup) until it mixes again. Transfer lotus seeds to a blender or food processor and mix on high until smooth. Simmer on low, uncovered, for about 30 minutes or when seeds are softened. Fill with water to cover the seeds by 1-inch. Make the lotus seed paste: Rinse presoaked lotus seeds and place in a medium-size pot.Very small fine pastry brush (non-silicone).Blender ( Vitamix with plunger preferred) or food processor.100g honey mixed with 2 tablespoons water.

#Mooncake lotus seed paste egg yolk plus

130g all-purpose flour plus 1/4 cup for dusting.

#Mooncake lotus seed paste egg yolk skin

200g dried lotus seeds (without skin and core removed wash and presoak overnight).Makes 10 standard-size mooncakes Ingredients Mooncake with Sweet Lotus Paste Filling (Banh Tet Trung Nhan Hat Sen) My husband will just have to get his own from the store. In the recipe below, I’m focusing on my favorite, Mooncake with Sweet Lotus Paste (Banh Tet Trung Nhan Hat Sen). They are gross, tasting too much like Chinese herbal medicine rather than a sweet treat. Husband prefers the salted egg and mixed nuts. My favorite mooncake is one with a pure lotus seed paste filling. At home, I simply chomp into one like an apple as my husband look in horror. You savor the mooncakes with small bites and hot tea. Many store-bought moon cakes come with a plastic knife and several mini forks for this very reason. The proper way eat a mooncake is to cut one into four pieces to share. Before going into the oven to bake, the mooncakes are molded and stamped with an elaborate designs, usually a Chinese characters expressing good will, flowers or a simple beautiful geometric pattern. The pastes are typically sweetened lotus seed paste, red bean paste, black sesame paste and mung bean pastes. Typical mooncake fillings include different sweet pastes, mixed nuts and salted egg yolks. Mooncakes are round or square pastries with various savory and sweet filings. Vietnamese families welcome the day by placing food on their ancestral altars, lighting incense and worshiping, before feasting on mooncakes.Īll that love and worshiping is great and dandy, but really for me, Tet Trung Thu is all about gorging on mooncakes. It’s a time to relax and enjoy the company of families and friends, chase away bad spirits, and spread luck and prosperity to all, much like Chinese/Vietnamese New Year ( Tet).Ĭhildren would line the streets at night, carry lanterns, beat drums, and participate in lion dances. Tet Trung Thu, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, Children’s Festival, Full-Moon Festival and Lantern Festival is an event that traditionally commemorates the final rice harvest of the year. This year Tết Trung Thu is Friday, September 13th. Tet Trung Thu is a Vietnamese/Chinese celebratory event that takes place in the middle of the 8th lunar month.