Pig head moon cake

By SebastianUllrich

Pig head moon cake
If the low powder is 500G
That is, invert syrup is 375G, and so on.

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Steps for Pig head moon cake

  • Make  step 0
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    Invert syrup practice: use stainless steel milk pan, boil white sugar and water over medium heat until white sugar dissolves. Add lemon juice and cook until boiling. Do not stir. Reduce heat to low. Cook for 40-50 minutes until amber, barely flowable and thick. Let stand overnight. Serve the next day.
  • Make  step 1
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    Put the taro in the pan and steam it and mash it into a paste.
  • Make  step 2
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    Put the taro paste into a stainless steel pan, add peanut oil and sugar and stir-fry for about 5 minutes. When it is ready to form into a dough, cool and sieve.
  • Make  step 3
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    Sesame paste practice: stir-fry sesame seeds and glutinous rice flour separately. Break the fried sesame seeds, mashed coconut, and sugar wax gourd with a blender.
  • Make  step 4
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    Add water to the glutinous rice flour and knead it into a ball, mix it into the ingredients in step 1, and add peanut oil.
  • Make  step 5
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    Mix the materials from step 2 and step 3 and knead until you can form a dough.
  • Make  step 6
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    Leather practice: Sift the low powder into the conversion syrup, stir slightly well, add peanut oil and water soap, knead well, knead well, for about 10-15 minutes, wrap it with plastic wrap, and place it in refrigeration for 2-4 hours to wake up.
  • Make  step 7
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    How to make pig mooncakes: Sprinkle a layer of glutinous rice flour into the mold and knock off the excess flour.
  • Make  step 8
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    Roll out the leather material and place it on the mold. Use chopsticks to gently press the piglet's ears and nose to make the leather material fit the mold better.
  • Make  step 9
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    Wrap in the filling and gently press the filling with the thicker section of chopsticks to make the filling fuller.
  • Make  step 10
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    Put the extra leather bags around you.
  • Make  step 11
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    Turn the mold over, gently press against the nose, and carefully turn the mooncakes out. You must be very careful in this step, because with a sudden push, the piglet will tilt its face ~!
  • Make  step 12
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    Bake at 180 degrees for 5 minutes, remove the egg brush liquid, hold it at 170 degrees, and continue to bake for 10 minutes.
  • Make  step 13
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    Put the prepared mooncakes into a pressure cooker, cover them, and leave overnight to return oil.
  • Pig head moon cake Make Tips

    Actually, mooncakes shaped like this are difficult to make. Because the facial features on the mold itself are not very deep, they get stretched out when the pastry expands during baking. Additionally, the dough cannot be made too thin, or it will easily tear when unmolding.