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Red Bean Paste Mooncake ~ 红豆蓉月饼 (2016)


Mooncake festival is here again.   And looks like I've been collecting and tempted to collect more and more mooncake moulds each year.  I love this 'Fook' or  Prosperity mould which was a gift from a good friend and I made these mooncakes with homemade red bean paste.








Red bean paste mooncake  ~  红豆蓉月饼
    Ingredients for Skin Dough 
    • 150 gm superfine flour (may need to add more if too soft to handle)
    • 90 ml golden syrup
    • 38 ml vegetable oil
    • 2 ml alkaline water
    • Egg wash - 1 whole egg + 1 tsp water, mix and strain
    Filling - Red bean Paste

    Method

    1. Mix syrup, oil and alkaline water thoroughly till no oil surface.  Use a ball whisk.
    2. Sift in flour, mix well with spatula and let rest for 2 hours or more.
    3. Knead lightly on floured surface.
    4. Dough skin is 25 gm
    5. Red bean filling is 25 gm
    6. Yield :  11 pieces of mooncakes

    How to assemble and bake the mooncakes, please check it out 'here'.



Comments

  1. WOW! This red bean paste mooncake looks very pretty and nice clicks too!!

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  2. Tks for sharing. Where can I buy the beautiful moulds. Tks

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    1. A good friend of mine gave me the mould as a gift. I suppose you can get it online.

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  3. Tks, Sokehah for yr prompt reply. Am making the red bean mooncake now, wish I hv the same mould. Hv a good day!

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