Makes 12 mooncakes [Ingredients] Chinese Flaky Pastry: Water Dough: 125g plain flour 20g caster sugar 50g lard 60ml water, adjust as necessary Lard Dough: 120g cake flour 60g lard 1/2 teaspoon pandan paste Filling: 300g Pandan Lotus Paste [Preparation] Chinese Flaky Pastry: 1. For the Water Dough: Put flour, sugar and lard in a mixing bowl, mix briefly to incorporate the lard. Slowly add just enough water to form a soft but non-sticky dough. Knead until smooth, form into a ball, wrap in cling film and set aside (or put in the refrigerator in hot weather) for about 20 minutes before using. 2. For the Lard Dough: Rub lard into the flour until a soft dough formed. Add pandan paste and knead in well. If it is too soft, chill in the refrigerator to harden a bit. If it is too hard, knead it a bit more until you get soft dough about the same pliability as the water dough. It is important that the malleability of the lard dough should be about the same as the water dough ...
Green Tea Ice Cream =================== Ingredients: 3 tablespoon matcha powder 6 egg yolks 200ml whip cream 100g icing sugar 2 cups of milk (room temperature) Steps: ---------- 1) Sift green tea powder. 2) Place green tea powder into milk and stir till dissolved. 3) Pour 100ml whip cream into mixture stir thoroughly. 4) Pour mixture into saucepan and bring to a slow simmer. Do not boil the mixture. Once you see that it is boiling, off the fire. 5) Beat the yolks. Add sugar n mix. 6) Add the other 100ml of whip cream and mix. 7) Slowly pour in the warm milk mixture into the yolk mixture. Bring combined mixture to a boil. Stir mixture constantly over medium heat. 8) You will know it is done when u place a wooden spoon into mixture, you can ...
INGREDIENTS – SERVES 2-4 =============================== • 2 Tablespoons of Matcha Green Tea Powder • 2/3 of a Cup of Granulated Sugar • 3 Egg Yolks • 3/4 of a Cup of Milk • 3/4 of a Cup of Double Cream HOW TO PREPARE ================= 1. Begin by mixing two tablespoons of granulated sugar with the matcha green tea powder in a bowl. 2. In a separate bowl, mix the remainder of the granulated sugar with the egg yolks. 3. Gently heat the milk on a pan without letting it boil. Remove from the heat and mix a small amount of the warm milk with the matcha green tea and sugar and egg mix until it becomes a smooth paste. 4. Gradually add the milk to the rest of the matcha green tea paste while keeping the mixture smooth and then return to the heat. 5. Before the mixture boils, remove again from the heat and then strain the whole mix through a fine sieve to remove any impurities. Leave the mixture to cool before the next step. 6. Whip the cream lightly and then fold into the...
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