How to make Cantonese-style mooncakes (homemade red bean paste filling)

Urbanites commute twice a day, and their destination is always office buildings and apartments. They have no time to cook, but after getting used to fast food, they will miss home-cooked meals. Cantonese mooncakes (homemade bean paste filling) are convenient and quick to make. They can be cooked in just over ten minutes. They only need to be steamed and there is no need to worry about the harm of oil fumes.

1. Pour peanut oil and invert sugar syrup into a plate and mix well.

2. Pour in the soap water and stir evenly. Stir for a while until the color is as shown in the picture.

3. After stirring evenly, sift in flour and mix well.

4. Knead the dough into a smooth dough and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. I refrigerated it overnight.

5. Put the red beans into the electric pressure cooker and cook them.

6. Use a flour sieve and a spatula to squeeze out the red bean paste.

7. Heat oil in an electric baking pan, add red bean paste and sugar and stir-fry, adding lemon juice halfway through.

8. Turn off the heat when the resistance becomes greater.

9. Put the fried red bean paste into a bowl and let it cool.

10. Take out the dough and weigh out the small pieces: 22g of crust and 28g of red bean paste

11. Roll into balls and weigh all the skins and fillings.

12. Take the pastry and wrap it with the red bean paste filling.

13. Wrap it into a ball as shown in the picture.

14. Roll in a layer of dry flour and put it into the mooncake mold

15. Make a mooncake

16. Place all the mooncakes on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and preheat the oven to 200 degrees for 10 minutes.

17. After the oven is preheated, put the mooncakes in and bake at 200 degrees for 8 minutes. Take them out after they are shaped. Brush with egg yolk. I added a little water to my egg yolks. Remember to apply a thin layer and not too much.

18. Then turn it to 160 degrees and bake for 20 minutes.

19. After 10 minutes, the mooncakes are nicely colored and can be taken out.

20. Look at it, isn’t it perfect?

21. After the baked mooncakes have cooled, put them into a fresh-keeping box, cover it, and refrigerate for 3 days before eating.

22. Here’s a picture of the finished product. Isn’t it appetizing?

23. Have another plate. Do you really want to eat one?

Improper diet can pose a hidden danger to our health. The preparation of Cantonese-style mooncakes (homemade with red bean paste filling) is very simple and can protect our health.