Moon pie
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Mooncake, or gingerbread, or yuebing is a traditional treat of Southeast Asia, prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are many variations of the recipe, depending on the region. The most popular filling is sweet beans. Yuebing can also be made with food coloring, giving the dough interesting colors. Often a salted duck egg is placed in the center of the cake, but I skipped this step—it's complicated enough as it is. The baked goods are ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
This is what mung beans for the filling look like.
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Step 2
Pour water into a saucepan, add the beans, and cook over medium heat for about 30 minutes, stirring.
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Step 3
Then cover the pot with a lid and let the beans steep until they cool completely.
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Step 4
Then puree the beans in a blender.
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Step 5
In a frying pan or saucepan, melt the coconut oil, add the bean purée, sugar, and a teaspoon of salt.
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Step 6
Cook for 10-15 minutes, until the mixture thickens. Then let it cool down. The bean filling must be cold before making the pastries.
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Step 7
Meanwhile, prepare the dough: mix the flour, a teaspoon of salt, and baking powder.
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Step 8
Then add golden syrup (if you can't find ready-made in the store, prepare a thick sweet syrup from sugar or honey in water) and butter. Knead the dough.
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Step 9
Divide the dough into 16 parts. Use 2 parts for each bun. You will get 8 buns in total.
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Step 10
This is what a mooncake mold looks like. You can make them without it, but it's certainly more convenient this way.
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Step 11
Line the table with plastic wrap and roll out all pieces into small flatbreads about 4-5 cm in size.
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Step 12
Place about 5 tablespoons of cooled filling.
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Step 13
Lifting the cling film, shape the dough into a "bowl" according to the form.
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Step 14
Cover with the second piece of dough, firmly press the dough at the joints.
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Step 15
Roll the pie in flour, shaping it into a cylinder so that it fits properly into the mold later.
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Step 16
Place the pie into the mold and press down to imprint the patterns. Then brush all the pies with egg yolk.
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Step 17
Bake in a preheated oven at 160-170°C for about 10 minutes. Then let the moon cakes cool down.
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Step 18
You can serve the finished mooncakes with various spices or sauces.