Chestnut paste mooncake

By JacquesGorczany

Chestnut paste mooncake
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I bought some chestnuts a few days ago and was busy making some chestnuts. Let's make chestnuts mooncakes. The prepared mooncakes returned to oil after more than a day. It tastes really good and you can eat with peace of mind.

Recipe Recommendations

  • flour 300 grams
  • invert syrup 180 grams
  • vegetable oil 66 grams
  • alkaline water 6 grams
  • chestnut paste 810 grams

Steps for Chestnut paste mooncake

  • Make  step 0
    1
    Mix the invert syrup, oil, and alkali water well, pour into the flour, mix into dough, and simmer for 1 hour.
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Divide into 30-gram doses each.
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Make homemade chestnut paste and cut it into 55 grams each.
  • Make  step 3
    4
    Make it into a spherical shape.
  • Make  step 4
    5
    Make the dough into a round dough blank.
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Press flat and add the chestnut paste.
  • Make  step 6
    7
    Slowly push up the tiger's mouth with your hand, and finally close the mouth tightly.
  • Make  step 7
    8
    Close down.
  • Make  step 8
    9
    Sprinkle flour on the mooncake mold and press the mooncake blank into shape. Place on baking sheet.
  • Make  step 9
    10
    Preheat the oven at 180 degrees C, bake for 5 minutes, remove and brush with egg yolk liquid, and bake for another 20 minutes.
  • Make  step 10
    11
    Take it out and let it cool.
  • Make  step 11
    12
    Put it into a plate, and the freshly baked mooncake skin is relatively hard. It will return to oil after cooling and shelving for 2 days.