Making mooncakes are so addictive when it is so simple to make:D I am on a mooncakes making spree and this time I am trying out the snowskin type. All you need to do is mix the dough, wrap in filling, shape and unmould then chill it a few hours and you have snow skin mooncakes to enjoy with your cup of tea:D
I am using the plunge type of plastic mould which is very easy to dislodge the mooncakes. The diameter of mould is 5cm. Recipe below makes 12 pieces, 4 with half piece of salted egg yolk wrapped into the paste.
mostly adapted from Aunty Young's recipe here
Prepare two portions of the snowskin ingredients as below:
50g kao fen (cooked glutinous rice flour)
290g Lotus seed paste with melon seeds
290g Red bean paste with melon seeds,
~ divide both pastes into 4 x 50g and 2 x 45g.
2 salted egg yolk, coated with chinese wine and baked for 30 minutes at 150C, halved
Filling weight without yolk: 50g
Filling weight with yolk: 45g
1. Divide the lotus seed paste with melon seed filling into 13 portions as stated above. Roll them into balls and set aside. Stuff the 4 x 45g of paste with a piece of salted egg yolk.
2. In one mixing bowl, add 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 drop of orange food color to the set of snowskin ingredients and mix well into a pliable dough. Divide the dough into 25g each.
3. In another mixing bowl, add 1/2 tsp laici essence and 1 drop of red food color and mix into a pliable dough. Divide into 25g each.
4. Roll a piece of dough into a ball and flatten it, then wrap a ball of filling inside. Flour it with kao fen and press it into the mooncake mould before de-moulding onto a tray. Repeat until all the ingredients are used up.
I have played around with the dough by mix and match both the dough to produce a marble effect for the skin.
