Dessert

Mooncake

Mooncake

Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival pastry with a sweet lotus seed or red bean filling.

Ingredients

  • 200g lotus seed paste or red bean paste
  • 4 salted egg yolks (optional)
  • 150g golden syrup
  • 50g vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tsp lye water
  • 200g all-purpose flour

Steps

  1. Mix golden syrup, oil, and lye water, then stir in flour to form a smooth dough; rest for 1 hour.
  2. Divide lotus paste and wrap each portion around an egg yolk if using.
  3. Wrap a thin layer of dough around each filling ball.
  4. Press into a mooncake mold to shape with a pattern.
  5. Bake at 180C for 10 minutes, brush with egg wash, then bake again until golden.
  6. Cool completely before serving; flavor improves after a day.