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First Release of Chestnut Paste and Cranberry Bacon Mooncakes

First Release of Chestnut Paste and Cranberry Bacon Mooncakes

First Release of Chestnut Paste and Cranberry Bacon Mooncakes made with milk-flavored chestnut filling, winter Melon Paste and cured pork, baked until golden and tender. Simple ingredients, satisfying homemade flavor.

Instructions

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    Filling: 160g of creamy chestnut paste, 60g of winter melon paste, 150g of cured meat, 30g of cranberries.

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    Chop the cranberries; remove the skin from the cured meat and cut it into mung bean-sized cubes.

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    Pour into a large bowl and mix evenly.

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    Add the chestnut paste filling and mix the winter melon paste thoroughly.

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    Form into a uniform mass.

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    Pastry: 128g low-gluten flour, 102g inverted syrup, 37g peanut oil, 1.7g lye water.

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    Pour the alkaline solution into the invert syrup and stir evenly.

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    Add the oil and stir evenly.

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    Pour in the flour.

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    Mix into a uniform dough, wrap it with plastic wrap, and let it rest for half an hour.

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    Divide the dough filling into 13 equal portions.

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    Take a piece of dough, flatten it, and put in the filling.

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    Push the dough upwards, wrap it well, and seal the opening.

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    Do them one by one and roll them into balls.

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    Place it into the mould for sprinkling powder.

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    Place it on the counter and press it down firmly.

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    Lift the mold and gently demold.

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    Place into the baking tray, spray water on the surface, put it into the preheated oven on the middle rack, with the top heat at 200°C and the bottom heat at 170°C, and bake for about 5 minutes.

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    After setting, take it out and brush the surface with egg wash. Put it back in the oven and bake for about 15 minutes.

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    Golden on the surface, fresh out of the oven.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Milk-flavored chestnut filling
    160 g
  • Winter Melon Paste
    60 g
  • Cured pork
    150 g
  • Cranberry
    30 g
  • low-gluten flour
    128 g
  • alkaline water
    1.7 g
  • beaten eggs
    a pinch

Seasonings

  • Inverted syrup
    102 g
  • Peanut oil
    37 g