Mooncakes are one of those Instagram trends everyone has noticed. This recipe is very simple and great even for beginners.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 teaspoon alkaline water
- 100 g all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons egg white
- 1 egg yolk
- 60 g golden syrup
- 420 g lotus seed paste
- 1 tablespoon rose-flavored cooking wine
- 6 egg yolk each, salted
- 28 g vegetable oil
Instructions:
- Combine the alkaline water, golden syrup, and oil together. Include the flour and mix all the ingredients together with a spatula.
- Place the dough in a bowl and cover it for 40 minutes.
- Combine the wine and egg whites together. Make sure that you dry the egg yolks with paper, then cut them into halves.
- Form a tube with the lotus paste and divide it into 12 parts. Make a ball out of each part and set the oven to 180 C degrees.
- Combine the egg white with the egg yolk.
- Now, divide the dough into 12 parts and make a ball out of each one.
- With the help of plastic film make a thin disc from the first ball. Get one lotus paste fall and do a hole in the middle of it.
- Add the egg to the inside and make a ball out of it. Wrap it with the dough disc.
- Grab the mooncake molds and fill them with your mooncakes. Keep them in for a minute, then take out the cakes. Place them on a baking tray.
