Simple Way to Prepare Quick Mooncakes

Mooncakes. Most mooncakes consist of a thick, tender pastry skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling, and may contain one or more whole salted egg yolks in their center as the symbol of the full moon. Very rarely, mooncakes are also served steamed or fried. This is the perfect time for me to share with you the mooncake recipe that I have just made.

Mooncakes are usually eaten in small wedges during the festival, and shared by family members. Mooncakes are a type of snack or dessert pastry with a sweet or savory filling. They are primarily round, to reflect the shape of the moon, but can also be square-shaped.

Hey everyone, I hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, mooncakes. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mooncakes is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It's appreciated by millions every day. Mooncakes is something which I've loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Most mooncakes consist of a thick, tender pastry skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling, and may contain one or more whole salted egg yolks in their center as the symbol of the full moon. Very rarely, mooncakes are also served steamed or fried. This is the perfect time for me to share with you the mooncake recipe that I have just made.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mooncakes using 19 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mooncakes:

1. {Get of -------------cake mix--------------.
2. {Make ready 3 tablespoons of golden syrup/ honey.
3. {Make ready 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
4. {Get 1/2 teaspoon of alkaline water.
5. {Make ready 1 cup of fine flour.
6. {Prepare of --------------filling------------.
7. {Prepare 6 of salted duck egg yokes.
8. {Make ready as needed of purple yam, according to how big you make the cakes I used 16 ounces.
9. {Take 1-1/2 teaspoons of cornstarch.
10. {Make ready of ---------egg wash------------.
11. {Prepare 1 of large egg.
12. {Get 1 tablespoon of water.
13. {Prepare of ------Salted Duck Eggs-------.
14. {Make ready 12 of large duck eggs.
15. {Prepare 4 cups of water.
16. {Get 1 cup of salt.
17. {Make ready 2 tablespoons of Shoalxing wine.
18. {Take 1 of star anise.
19. {Prepare 1 tablespoon of Sichuan peppercorns.

Snowskin Mooncakes These were the first "modern" mooncakes, made to satisfy the public's desire for something lighter, healthier and made with less oil than traditional mooncakes. Chilled instead of baked, these mooncakes get their name from the skin, made with cooked glutinous rice flour. In a saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until mixture forms a ball.

Steps to make Mooncakes:

1. If you make the salted duck eggs yourself start 30 days ahead. Heat the water and salt add pepper corns and star anise. Let cool completely. Wash the eggs well look them over make sure there is no cracks..
2. Put them in a sealable clean jar. Pour brine over the eggs and add wine, seal make sure eggs are totally under the brine. Seal and let sit for 30 days take 1 egg and boil if it doesn't taste salty let sit a few more days. boil the eggs before using. Or you can buy at some Asian markets..
3. Add golden syrup or honey, cooking oil, baking soda and alkaline water in a bowl and mix well..
4. Slowly add the flour to the liquid, using your hand to mix the ingredients well. Knead the dough gently till mixed. Form into a ball.
5. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and set aside for 40 minutes.
6. Take the purple yam and form a ball. Enclose the egg yolk in the purple yam filling. Traditionally lotus seed paste is used for a filling but I couldn't find any..
7. Take some of the dough for the cake and form a disc, then gently but firmly push the cake dough around the filling. Check often to see if there are any breaks in the dough..
8. Preheat oven to 355 degrees Fahrenheit. beat the egg and add water to an egg for the egg wash, mix well..
9. If you have a mooncake mold you can press the balls into cakes. If your like me, spay a mold with nonstick spray and put over ball to make the cakes. I used new molds for making soap, I got at a craft store. Line a pan with parchment paper and add cakes to top..
10. Bake for 10-12 minutes, then remove from the oven with 5 minutes left then brush with egg wash. Finish baking till golden brown..
11. After cooling to touch move to an airtight container for two days. Unless you just want to eat now. Happy Mooncake Festival.
12. The egg yoke in the center represents the Moon..

Remove from heat and cool slightly. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mooncakes (月饼 yuèbǐng /ywair-bing/) are traditional snacks/desserts of Mid-Autumn Festival, the second most important festival in China. It is said that there is a moon goddess who makes these cakes, so people call them mooncakes. People often give mooncakes as gifts when visiting friends and family around Mid-Autumn.

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