Dragon fruit and red bean pie

Overview

Don’t throw away the skin of the dragon fruit after eating it. Add some flour to bake the pie. It will be sweet and soft. You can make it with an electric baking pan. Dragon fruit is a tropical fruit that is loved by everyone. It is divided into two types: white heart and red heart. Dragon fruit is rich in vitamins, protein and a large amount of dietary fiber that aids digestion. The pulp is sweet and delicate, with low sugar content. The black sesame seeds in the pulp are rich in minerals, making it very suitable for growing children. Pitaya peel, which we usually throw away as waste, is rich in carotene and high-concentration anthocyanins. Anthocyanins have anti-aging and antioxidant effects, and its rose-purple juice can be used as a natural and healthy food coloring. Every time I cut the dragon fruit, I find that there is a lot of rich purple soup left at the bottom of the plate. I squeeze the juice of the leftover dragon fruit and peel and mix it into the flour. The pasta dessert made is soft and delicious, and it is very beautiful. Both adults and children love to eat it.

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• lunch
• dinner
• dragon fruit
• edible oil
• flour
• honey red beans
• yeast powder

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 First, prepare the ingredients needed to make this pie. You must use red pitaya. Since its flesh is rose-purple, it is enough to add half a dragon fruit to 500g of flour to enhance the color. The baking powder I usually use is the highly active dry yeast that I can usually buy, which makes the dough rise faster. Every time I make pasta, I really miss the taste of old yeast from my childhood, but unfortunately I can’t find it anywhere now.

   

2. 2 Clean the skin of the red dragon fruit, cut the flesh into small cubes and set aside. Then use a knife to cut off the rough rhizome of the pitaya skin, leaving the thick fleshy part inside the skin. Add a little water and the dragon fruit pulp into a food processor and beat into a rose-pink paste.

   

3. 3 Dissolve 5g of yeast powder with warm water and pour it into a mixing bowl, then pour in the flour and red pitaya paste in sequence.

   

4. 4 Tips for making dough: If you are not used to using a bread machine, and you don’t like your hands to be sticky with flour when making dough, you can add a small amount of water to the basin and use chopsticks to stir the flour, yeast, and dragon fruit together at a uniform speed until it becomes crumbly.

   

5. 5 Use chopsticks to stir the flour evenly, and then knead the dough into a dough with your hands. At this time, you will see that the color transition of the flour and dragon fruit is uneven. It doesn't matter. After the dough ferments, it will be perfect pink. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in a warm place to rest.

   

6. 6 The cooking time of noodles is affected by many external factors and it is difficult to estimate a fixed time. Due to the cold in winter, the cooking time of noodles is relatively longer than that in spring and summer, so it is recommended to put the mixed noodles in a warm place. If there is heating in the north, put the basin in front of the heater. If there is no heating, you can put the basin next to a warm stove, which can speed up the fermentation process of the dough.

   

7. 7 When the dough has fermented to twice its size, pinch a little dry flour with your hands to peel the dough apart. When you see the honeycomb-shaped dough, the fermentation process of the dough is complete and you can proceed to the next step of production and processing.

   

8. 8 Sprinkle dry flour evenly on the side walls of the basin. This step is very critical to remove the dough cleanly and completely from the basin and start folding. Sprinkle a layer of dry flour on the chopping board and knead the dough repeatedly to squeeze out the air bubbles in the dough to make the dough smooth, smooth and tough, making it easier to process in the following steps.

   

9. 9 Divide the dough that is smooth and chewy into equal-sized pieces. People who don't make pasta often can use a knife to estimate the size of the dough. Those who are skilled can use the size of their palms to directly divide the dough into equal-sized pieces.

   

10. 10 Knead the divided dough separately into a small smooth and flat dough, flatten it with your hands and use a rolling pin to roll it into a round dough like a dumpling wrapper. Of course, the pie wrapper is thicker than the dumpling wrapper.

    

11. 11 Roll the dough into a hollow shape with a thin edge in the middle. Use a spoon to place the honey red bean filling into the hollow in the center of the dough. Pinch the edges together and flatten them with your hands. Use a rolling pin to gently roll out the dough into a thin and even thickness.

    

12. 12 Place the prepared dragon fruit pie on the cover for the second proofing. This process is very important and is not recommended to be omitted because the pastry that has not been proofed twice will have a harder texture when cooked. The pastry made by the second proofing will be more chewy and chewy, but the texture will be extra delicate and smooth.

    

13. 13 After the electric baking pan is powered on, turn on the upper and lower heat switches. Heat the pan over medium heat until you feel a burning sensation in the palm of your hand. Pour in a layer of cooking oil and heat it. When the oil is slightly hot, add the fat dragon fruit pie that has risen. If you like a crispy crust, you can also brush a layer of cooking oil on top. Arrange the pies neatly and close the lid of the electric baking pan and wait for the soft pies.

    

14. 14 Heat both sides of the electric baking pan for about 3 minutes, and you will be able to smell the unique aroma of raw wheat from the dough pancakes. Turn on the electric baking pan when the power is turned off, and the dragon fruit pie will be brown and crispy on both sides. Does a hot pot of pink and purple pie feel so tempting?

    

15. 15 The sweet and fluffy dragon fruit and red bean pie is ready. It can be used as a staple food or as a snack. It is also quite simple to make. You can try it at home when you have time.