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How to make ham mooncakes: A comprehensive guide to making ham mooncakes.

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hammonthpieismooncakeOne type is salty with a hint of sweetness, and many people enjoy this flavor. Besides buying from stores, you can also make mooncakes at home. This article will introduce the method for making ham mooncakes.

How to Make Ham Mooncakes

Sausage mooncake recipe one

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food ingredientsPrepare

flour500 grams,sugar250 grams,lard200 grams, ham 200 gramscookies3 blocks,honeyA little, baking powder a small amount.

Steps

1. Mix the flour and 60 grams of sugar, then add lard, honey, yeast powder, and 125 grams of water, stirring until well combined. Knead into a dough, roll it into a strip, and divide it into 40 portions.

2. Cut the ham into fine cubes, crush the biscuits and mix them into a paste with 190 grams of sugar and an appropriate amount of honey. Divide this into 40 portions.

3. Roll the dough into a skin, wrap it around the filling, seal and shape it into a round pastry, place it on a baking tray, and bake until cooked.

The method for making ham mooncakes two

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Food preparation

Main ingredients dough: 1000 grams of flour, 325 grams of cooked lard, 125 grams of syrup.

Fried dough: 550 grams of flour, 300 grams of cooked pork fat.

Filling:steam850 grams of mature flour (can be a bit moist), 750 grams of ham cubes, 1000 grams of muscovado sugarwalnut kernels65 grams, 65 grams of green plum dry fruitscorepeach100 grams of ren100Osmanthus25 grams,table salt20 grams, scallions,Jiangend,monosodium glutamateA little bit each.

Steps

1. Mix and combine the three parts separately: water dough, oil skin, and filling. Shape them into dough and fillings.

2. Put the skinbreadKnead the oil pastry, place it on the work surface and roll it into a long rectangular sheet. Cut both ends even and place them on the pastry sheet. Roll it up, flatten it, then roll it out again. Roll it up once more and divide it into 24 small portions.

3. Press the small portion of dough into thin round wrappers by hand, place 1/24th of the filling in each (divide the filling into 24 portions), seal and press tightly to form a flat round dumpling skin.

4. Place the unbaked pie crust on a baking tray and proceedovenBake with the dough side up. Take out the baking tray when it turns golden brown. Turn the dough over and remove from the oven when it is 70% done.

5. Take another wok and heat some cooking oil. Place the baked dough rounds in the oil to fry. While frying, use a wire to poke several holes in the dough to allow it to absorb more oil.

6. Gently stir-fry and flip to prevent breaking, remove when the crust puffs up and turns golden brown.

The method for making ham mooncakes three

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Ingredients preparation

Filling: 125 grams of cooked lean ham, 500 grams of raw fatty pork, 15 grams of fermented Chinese liquor (baijiu), 750 grams of sugar, 275 grams of candied almond, skin removedapricotRen325 grams, 250 grams of pumpkin seedssesame100 grams, drywinter mushroom40 grams,barbecue pork375 grams,cake250 grams of powder, 20 grams of sesame pastelemonLeaf 10 grams, five-spice powder 1.5 grams, black pepper 1.5 gramssoy sauce50 grams, fine salt 2.5 grams, cookedpeanutoil 62.5 grams, water 175 grams.

Ingredients for skin: 250 grams of syrup, 375 grams of flour, 2 grams of baking soda, 62.5 grams of peanut oileggs1.

Steps to follow

1. ham cut into small cubes; fatty pork sliced thinly, mixed with Fen wine, marinated for two hours, steamed until done, then cut into small cubes, mixed with sugar; almonds sliced finely; sunflower seeds and sesame seeds fried; winter mushrooms soaked in hot water, roots removed, washed, then cut into small cubes; char siu cut into finger slice pieces. lemon leaves sliced thinly.

All the fillings (except the rice flour) are mixed evenly on the work surface. Then, add the rice flour and knead until well combined. Let it rest for 30 minutes before dividing into balls weighing about 100 grams each and arranging them in a dish.

3. Place the flour on the work surface and form it into a well. First, add the syrup, then add peanut oil. Dissolve the alkali with a little water and pour it into the syrup. Stir all the ingredients in the well until mixed, then add more flour to mix thoroughly. Knead the mixture into a dough by hand, then divide it into portions of 25 grams each.

4. Pat the dough into flat rounds, place 1 filling in the center of each skin, wrap tightly and evenly, put into molds, press down firmly and flatten, then remove, forming raw mooncakes.

Place the mooncakes in a baking tray, sprinkle some water on them, and bake. When the skin is dry and slightly yellow, remove from the oven. Beat the egg and brush it onto the mooncakes, then return to the oven and bake until golden brown and fully cooked.