Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat. (Or buy lotus seed halves and skip this step.) The ‘Low Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Egg Yolk’ and the ‘Low Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with Pine Nut’ in the series both come in boxes of six mooncakes. Secondly, lotus seeds are very expensive, to the point that more and more brands are adding white beans in large portions to help reduce costs. Okay, for some of you with super-human memories, you’ll remember that I messed up the folklore story for this holiday in the Savory Mooncakes post. Hi Vivian, so sorry to hear about the burned sugar. The most exciting part is cracking one of these lotus moon cakes open: They’re lightly sweet and delightfully crumbly, just like a good mooncake should be. When the mooncakes first come out of the oven, the dough looks dry like bread, and not oily like what you are used to when opening packaged mooncakes. You can make this one day in advance. At this juncture, you’re done for Day 1. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, from our family to yours!

A chef would do the salted egg yolks themselves, but once again, for ease, try buying these from the market. Then rinse thoroughly. Making the dough: First mix the sugar syrup, oil, and lye water together. Tag @thewoksoflife on Instagram and hashtag it #thewoksoflife! Dip each yolk in baijiu (白酒, a clear Chinese liquor made from grain), just briefly to coat it, then put the egg yolks on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. This dedication also brought recognition to the ‘White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with 2 Egg Yolks’ and ‘Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake with 2 Egg Yolks’ as flagship products that are known and loved worldwide.

Lotus Seeds Mooncake Paste Recipe | MyKitchen101en. All miserly Chinese spenders dispense with their daily logic and penny-pinching and think to themselves, “Ohhhh, it’s only once a year, and it’s symbolic.” That’s how I usually talk myself into it, anyhow. Once it’s boiled, add the lemon juice, stir, and immediately turn the heat down to low. I burned my syrup at the 30 min mark. If you would like to make your own there is a great recipe here. using a rubber spatula, for 30 minutes (nice to have the TV or an audiobook on as you’re doing this). Using one hand, mix the liquid in with the dry ingredients until combined. :( I already had it at the lowest setting on my gas stove. This produces a lotus paste that is tan coloured with a satiny sheen, which is rich, sweet, and silky with a slight fragrance of caramel. Let the paste cool completely before storing in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Once boiling, turn the heat down to low. (Just in case you do overcook the syrup, and it’s too thick, add a few drops of hot water to thin it out. Thanks :).

Here’s the breakdown for each component, by weight, that I used: This recipe makes 18 mooncakes total: 12 mooncakes with salted duck egg yolks and 6 mooncakes without. Transfer the lotus puree to a non-stick pan (or a cast-iron pan, or a pan with a thick bottom to avoid sticking and burning). Order online Wing Wah White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake 4 Pieces – 榮華正白蓮蓉月餅 on www.99ranch.com We love lotus seed mooncakes (but dislike the double yolks that come inside). Now lightly brush each mooncake with egg wash, and put them back in the oven. This plant has many uses in Chinese cuisine (and Traditional Chinese Medicine), and has been used for thousands of years. Using specially selected premium lotus seeds from Hunan, Xianglian, the process of making the lotus seed paste is laborious as each step is crucial to the end taste and texture. You’ll need to repeat this process before pressing every mooncake to avoid sticking. 9 Cook until puree thickens, smooth and silky paste formed. Paste will harden slightly when fully cooled. They’re high in B vitamins, manganese, and phosphorus. When and if a small piece of dough gets stuck and does not come out, get a small piece of the “scrap”/“mending” dough to patch up the area.

Place it inside the mooncake mold with the mold opening facing up. So when you see a box of lotus mooncakes priced at around $20.00, beware! The mooncake mold must be completely dry before you begin. Because of their size, mooncakes are generally eaten by cutting a wedge from the cake. Wash and soak them overnight. Place them in a bowl, cover with fresh water, and soak them overnight. You can also prepare this ahead of time...just make sure to store them in an airtight container and in the fridge. Can I make the lotus seed filling several days in advance (3 days) and place in fridge until I’m ready to assemble the Mooncakes?

Place the mooncakes on a baking sheet as you make them. Hi Sophia, lye water does give the dough a dark yellow color as you can see in my dough. But I did find them to be slightly drier than I would normally like. Making the Syrup: Heat the sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Dip your fingers into a bowl of water, and fling the water on your fingers onto the mooncakes a couple of times. Heat the sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. (I figured you’d be in need of a bit of good news at this point! Return frozen paste to room temperature before using. Yes, Amily, you can use it. I don’t have a food processor…any other ways I can puree? Many types of fillings can be found in traditional mooncakes according to the region's culture:

Usually, it’s lotus seed paste or red bean paste along with a nice salted duck egg yolk. Plus, you’ll know exactly what went into it. Do not overwork the dough–this step should only take about a minute or two. These little cakes are a lot of work, and I’d hate to see your efforts foiled by a few minutes too long in the oven! Better yet, give them out as gifts to your family and friends! Kuih Bakul), Baked Taro Paste Layered Flaky Crust Mooncake, Classic Chinese Steamed Rice Cake Done the Right Way, Matcha (Japanese Green Tea) Snow Skin Mooncake, How to Make Crispy and Flaky Layered Paratha (Roti Canai, Flatbread), Matcha (Japanese Green Tea) Mung Bean Paste Filling for Mooncake, Low-Sugar Pandan Sweet Potato Paste Snow Skin Mooncake, Making Traditional Mooncake with Lotus Seed Paste Filling, 15g glutinous rice flour + 3 Tbsps. The ones I bought are already cooked, so they were ready to use, and you can buy the same. Today, we’re going to talk about how to make lotus seed paste for mooncakes, steamed buns, and other Chinese pastries. It will be slightly firm, but also soft. Stir-Fried Green Beans with Pork and Chinese Olive Vegetable, Steamed Chinese Eggplant with Spicy Lao Gan Ma, Spicy King Oyster Mushroom Stir-fry (Vegan! Thank you Judy. Hi Phil, its taste is very close to sweet white bean paste. Each box of Kam Wah Mooncake comes in 4 individually wrapped mooncake to maintain freshness of other mooncakes. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees when you are almost finished assembling the mooncakes. The liquid is made from soaking approximately 10 blue pea flowers in water until the water reaches a deep purple colour. The Award-Winning Mooncake Company Hong Kong MX Mooncakes has produced numerous high quality delicacies that earned the brand countless international recognition, certifying its achievements in the catering industry. An elegant gift package rich with Mid-Autumn Festival motifs, the ‘Mooncake Exclusive Selection’ is filled with iconic flavours of the joyful season. Divide them by 2 for your 50g mooncake mold. Tho I might point some things I noticed My dough The upper surface I can’t seen to have enough compared to your recipe I barely manage 6 big moon and 6 mini And I have a lot lot of lotus left As for the caramel, 60 min was way over, and I had a small fire on the whole time, my caramel was too thick, so maybe it could have hindered my dough amount Lotus, well cooking them for 30min, was not enough to have it as soft as you apparently… So there are a lot of things I am still figuring out from the recipe This is the 1st recipe that I mess up from your website… Did a lot of them and they were mostly a great success ‍♀️‍♀️ But thanks overall for all!!! Today, you’ll find such thing as the flavour of blue pea flowers, pandan, chocolate and custard being enveloped inside the pastry. [citation needed], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lotus_seed_paste&oldid=899717515, Articles containing Chinese-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 May 2019, at 21:19. After this last step, any uneaten mooncakes can be kept in the refrigerator for a week or two.