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— Oscar Wilde.
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What Gives Chinese a Bite of Mid-Autumn Festival?
The Mid-Autumn Festival means a lot to Chinese. It’s the day people get reunion with their loves and celebrate it together. So how can Chinese students who are studying abroad get a piece of home at this time? The answer is MOONCAKE!
So let’s start!
Here are the ingredients: Mooncake filling 1 cup (140 grams) red bean 1/3 cup (45 grams) sugar 1/4 cup (55 grams) unsalted butter 1/4 cup (40 grams) plain flour 5 salty duck egg yolks about 14 grams per yolk Mooncake dough 56 grams homemade golden syrup (or store-bought) 1/2 teaspoon homemade kansui (or store-bought) 20 grams peanut oil (or vegetable oil that doesn’t have a strong flavor) 1/8 teaspoon salt and a pinch for the egg wash 100 grams cake flour and extra to dust the mooncake dough 1 large egg yolk (or a whole egg)
Please comment below to let me know if you have any thoughts, and would LOVE to know if you give it a try!
Happy Mooncake Day! 🙂
