Soviet-style mooncakes

Overview

How to cook Soviet-style mooncakes at home

Tags

• baking
• old man
• mid-autumn festival
• cranberry sauce
• durian
• flour
• lard
• sugar
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Knead 40g lard and 80g flour into a pastry (the lard is made from fattened meat)

   

2. 2 Knead 5g sugar, 30g lard, 45g water, and 95g flour into a watery crust

   

3. 3 Let it sit for ten minutes

   

4. 4 Divide the pastry into 10g pieces and divide the oil dough into 15g pieces

   

5. 5 Wrap the pastry in the water-oil skin and wrap it into twelve pieces

   

6. 6 Roll out into a long strip

   

7. 7 Roll it up from top to bottom and roll it out again into a long strip. Roll it up and repeat this step three times

   

8. 8 Leave to relax for ten minutes

   

9. 9 Flatten

   

10. 10 Wrap in the fillings. I used cranberry and durian fillings. You can also add your own fillings

    

11. 11 Preheat the oven to 175 degrees with the seam facing down

    

12. 12 Cover with a layer of tin foil to prevent coloring and bake at 175 degrees for 25 minutes