Zilai Red Mooncake

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Zilaihong, also known as Red Moon Cake, is a traditional Beijing style moon cake and Mid-Autumn Festival festival food. The color of the grill is darker. Fill with pure white sugar, rock sugar residue, and nuts

Details of ingredients

flour200 grams
Maltose10 grams
White sugar10 grams
Baking soda1 gram
Sesame oil90 grams
boiled water76g
Cooked flour40g
shelled melon-seeds10 grams
Rock sugar10 grams
Sweet Osmanthus Flower1 tablespoon
Walnut kernel20 grams
Hawthorn strips10 grams
Raisins10 grams

Technique

difficultybeginner
workmanshipbaking
tasteSweetness
timeThree hours

Steps to make Zilai Red Mooncake

1. Prepare materials.
2. Pour 40 grams of flour into a pot and stir fry over low heat until slightly yellow.
3. Cut the cooked walnut kernels into small pieces with a knife.
4. Clean the raisins and dice the hawthorn strips for later use.
5. Pour white sugar, sesame oil, sweet osmanthus, and cooked flour into a bowl. Add melon seeds, chopped walnuts, and rock sugar to mix evenly to form the filling.
6. Pour white sugar, maltose, and baking soda into a bowl, stir well, and then pour in sesame oil.
7. Add 200 grams of flour and then add boiling water.
8. Knead the dough thoroughly for about 15 minutes, kneading well.
9. Roll the kneaded dough into rectangular pieces using a rolling pin.
10. Fold the rolled out noodles towards the center on both sides.
11. The folded noodles are like folding a blanket and then folding them in half.
12. Place the stacked noodles horizontally on the cutting board and roll them out again into a rectangular shape. (Repeat the above process 2-3 times, for a total of 3-4 times of four fold folding)
13. Roll out the folded dough again and roll it up.
14. Roll into a cylindrical shape.
15. Cut the rolled dough into small pieces.
16. Divide the filling into equal parts.
17. Take a small pastry recipe, cut it upside down and place it on a cutting board. Use a rolling pin to roll it out into a round dough.
18. Roll out the round dough and wrap it with filling.
19. Wrap all the mooncakes one by one, dip the beverage bottle cap with a little cocoa powder mixed with water, and print a red circle on the top of the mooncakes.
20. Place the wrapped mooncakes on a baking tray with the mouth facing downwards. 180 degrees, middle layer, over high and low heat, bake for 25-30 minutes.
21. The surface of the mooncake should turn brownish red.