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- A Classic Mooncake Recipe
- Passing on The Tradition
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There are many types of mooncakes out there, so what makes this a classic mooncake recipe? Well, these mooncakes are what many Chinese Americans think of when they picture a mooncake: soft, amber pastry pressed into a beautiful pattern and surrounding a sweet filling. Today, we are making one of the most popular fillings: red bean. Another popular ...
This year, I thought that it was time for my girls to take the lead on the mooncake making process. While they have seen me make them for the blog and for the Mid-Autumn Festival many times, they hadn’t made them by themselves before this year. I want them to pass on this skill to their children and keep this tradition going! To do that, I had to r...
This recipe is based on our original lotus mooncake recipe, and there are several stages: 1. Making the Filling: You will make your own red bean paste (you could use store-bought, but if you’re making mooncakes from scratch, you might as well make sure the filling is perfect). This process takes about 2 hours, and can be done several days in advanc...
Part 1: Making the Red Bean Paste
You can make red bean paste using an Instant Pot or on the stove. If cooking on the stove, the beans must be soaked overnight before starting. This filling recipe yields about 1400 grams, or about 55g per mooncake. You’ll need: 1. 1 pound dried adzuki beans – 450g 2. 3½ cups water – 830 ml (4 cups if cooking on the stove) 3. 1 cup vegetable oil – 240 ml 4. 190g rock sugar (or granulated sugar) 5. ⅓ – ½ cup maltose – 105g -160g (to taste) Rinse the adzuki beans, drain, and add to your Instant...
PART 2: Prepare the Salted Duck Egg Yolks
There are a few ways to prepare the salted duck egg yolks if you’d like to include them in your mooncakes: 1. You can buy raw salted duck eggs, and separate the yolks from the white. Gently rinse the yolks under a small stream of running water to wash off any residual egg white. Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Dip each yolk briefly in baijiu (白酒, a clear Chinese liquor) or whiskey just to coat it, then put the egg yolks on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, let them cool co...
PART 3: Make the dough
This dough recipe yields about 750g, or about 30g per mooncake. You’ll need: 1. ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon golden syrup– 250g 2. ½ cup peanut oil (or corn oil) – 120 ml 3. 1½ teaspoons Potassium Carbonate solution (AKA lye water, available at your Chinese grocery store) 4. 2¾ cups all-purpose flour (plus more for dusting) – 385g If you have golden syrup on hand already, awesome! If not, you can follow our golden syrup recipeusing just sugar, water, and lemon juice to make your own. In a mixing b...
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Mar 10, 2020 · Sweet Red Bean Paste (Anko) is easy to make from scratch with azuki beans. Use it in delicious homemade Japanese sweets like mochi and anpan.
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Sep 25, 2014 · Sticky Rice Cake with Red Bean Paste Recipe with step-by-step pictures and video - Sweet and fresh. Crispy on the outside with a gooey texture inside. Skip to content
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Feb 5, 2021 · Red bean paste, known as Hong Dou Sha/红豆沙 in Chinese, is a sweetened paste made of adzuki beans (aka red beans), sugar and some fat of your choice. Typically used as a filling for many classic Chinese treats, it’s also popular in other Asian cuisines, e.g. Japanese, Korean, etc.
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Aug 4, 2023 · Dairy Free. Jump to Recipe Print Recipe. Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with these classic Red Bean Mooncakes. Full and comprehensive recipe to make mooncakes from scratch with step-by-step photos. Red Bean Mooncakes.
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Sweet Rice Cakes with Red Bean Paste (糯米餅) Jump to Recipe. These sweet rice cakes (糯米餅) have a chewy mochi-like exterior and a smooth red bean paste filling. They are meant to be served as a snack cake, but they make delicious desserts, too! Quick Links: Making dough with hot water | Handling the sticky dough.
