Recipe Description
THESE mooncakes are almost too pretty to be eaten and they’re perfect to be given to friends and family as edible gifts.
They also contain mixed quinoa, dates, pomegranate, lemon peel and oreos
This recipe was first published in Flavours magazine.
Recipe Ingredient
- Crystal skin
- 240g roasted glutinous rice flour, sifted
- 120g icing sugar, sifted
- 170g shortening
- 100ml ice water
- Filling
- 15g mixed quinoa
- 30ml water
- 150g lotus paste
- 1tbsp cocoa powder
- 110g dates, chopped
- 1tbsp brandy, or Kahlua, optional
- 60g Oreos, chopped roughly
- 30g orange peel
- 80g pomegranate seeds
- 1 lemon, zested
- 1box edible flowers
- roasted glutinous rice flour, for dusting
Instructions
- Sift the flour and icing sugar into a mixing bowl. Add the shortening and place the mixture into a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on low speed. Slowly pour in the cold water and beat until dough binds together. Divide into 65g to 70g portions.
- Place the quinoa and the water into a pot and boil until quinoa is cooked. Place the quinoa and the remaining ingredients, except the lemon zest into a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat until mixture is thoroughly combined. Add the lemon zest then divide into 60g portions.
- Take a portion of dough and roll it out. Wrap it around a portion of filling. Pick out a few flowers and discard its stem, if any. Press the flowers onto the skin of the mooncake.
- Dust some flour into the mooncake mould and knock out the access flour. Place the filled dough, flower side down into the mould and press. Knock out the mooncake then chill in a fridge for 5 minutes before serving. (You do not need to chill it, although chilling makes for easier cutting). Mooncakes should be consumed within 2 days.
Crystal skin
Filling
To make mooncake
