Mooncakes

Name: Mooncakes
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: -------------cake mix--------------; 3 tablespoons golden syrup/ honey; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1/2 teaspoon alkaline water; 1 cup fine flour; --------------filling------------; 6 salted duck egg yokes; as needed purple yam, according to how big you make the cakes I used 16 ounces; 1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch; ---------egg wash------------; 1 large egg; 1 tablespoon water; ------Salted Duck Eggs-------; 12 large duck eggs; 4 cups water; 1 cup salt; 2 tablespoons Shoalxing wine; 1 star anise; 1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns

skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

Dover, Florida

Mooncakes are made during The Mid-Autumn Festival which is a harvest festival celebrated in China and Viet-Nam. Its a time for families and friends to gather together being thankful for each other and for the harvest. its celebrated on the full moon in the 15 days of early September and early October.

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Ingredients

6 servings

-------------cake mix--------------
3 tablespoonsgolden syrup/ honey
2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
1/2 teaspoonalkaline water
1 cupfine flour
--------------filling------------
6salted duck egg yokes
as neededpurple yam, according to how big you make the cakes I used 16 ounces
1-1/2 teaspoonscornstarch
---------egg wash------------
1large egg
1 tablespoonwater
------Salted Duck Eggs-------
12large duck eggs
4 cupswater
1 cupsalt
2 tablespoonsShoalxing wine
1star anise
1 tablespoonSichuan peppercorns

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Steps

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
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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.
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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.
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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.

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skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

on September 20, 2016 23:53

Dover, Florida

This picture is me and my oldest daughter. I love Asian, Mediterranean, and Southern food.I hope you enjoy my recipes, if you have any questions please ask. The app only allows so many followings, they put a limit on how many we can follow I have reached my limit. If it wasn't there I would follow back everyone, sorry....