How to make pig head mooncake

You take us to a restaurant to eat, and we almost drool when we see the delicious food on the table. We can also try to make these delicious dishes ourselves. I will now introduce to you the pig head mooncake. After watching it, go to the kitchen and make it yourself.

1. To make invert sugar syrup: Use a stainless steel milk pan and boil sugar and water over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Add lemon juice and bring to a boil without stirring. Turn to low heat and simmer for about 40-50 minutes until it turns amber and becomes barely flowable. Let it sit overnight and it can be used the next day.

2. Steam the taro until cooked, then mash it into a puree.

3. Put the taro paste into a stainless steel pot, add peanut oil and sugar and stir-fry for about 5 minutes until it can be formed into a ball, then let it cool and sieve.

4. How to make sesame paste: Fry sesame seeds and glutinous rice flour separately. Crush the roasted sesame seeds, coconut flakes and candied winter melon in a blender.

5. Add water to glutinous rice flour, knead into a dough, mix it into the ingredients in step 1, and add peanut oil.

6. Mix the ingredients from step 2 and step 3 and knead until it can be formed into a ball.

7. Preparation of the leather: Sift the low flour into the invert sugar syrup, stir slightly, add peanut oil and soap water, knead evenly for about 10-15 minutes, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2-4 hours to proof.

8. How to make pig mooncakes: Sprinkle a layer of glutinous rice flour in the mold and knock off the excess flour.

9. Roll out the leather and place it on the mold. Use chopsticks to lightly press the ears and nose of the pig to make the leather fit the mold better.

10. Wrap the filling in and press lightly with the thicker end of the chopsticks to make the filling fuller.

11. Wrap up the excess skin around.

12. Turn the mold over, press the nose lightly, and carefully turn the mooncake out. You must be very careful in this step, because if you use too much force, the piglet's face will be crooked~!

13. Bake at 180 degrees for 5 minutes, remove and brush with egg wash, then continue to bake at 170 degrees for 10 minutes.

14. Put the prepared mooncakes into the pressure cooker, cover it with a lid, and leave it overnight to absorb the oil.

The pig head mooncake that I’m going to introduce to you today is very good and very detailed. You might as well try it according to these steps, you will definitely succeed.