Taiwanese pepper cake (super detailed illustration)

Overview

Compared with sweet and greasy Western pastries, some Chinese pastries are much healthier, such as meat-filled pastries like pepper cakes. Pepper cakes are one of Taiwan’s most popular afternoon snacks and have a century-old history. The content of making pepper cakes is very simple, fresh chopped green onions, finely chopped meat fillings, mixed with a salty and slightly sweet taste, and then mixed with a certain amount of pepper. In addition to the usual fried dough dough, the outer layer also needs to be added with some pastry so that the dough is not too crispy and hard to bite. Let me say a few words about the relationship between Chinese dim sum and lard. I often see people saying that they don’t like lard. Can they replace it with fragrant butter or other fats? I would say it’s best not to. If it is made with butter, it will definitely not taste like our traditional Chinese dim sum, and then the meaning of tasting traditional dim sum will be lost. If you really can’t accept it or you really don’t have lard at home, but you also want to eat Chinese dim sum, you can use vegetable oil without a special smell instead, but it is best not to use Western-style dim sum oil. This snack must be eaten while hot so that the peppery flavor can best evaporate and taste best.

Tags

• baking
• snacks
• afternoon tea
• taiwanese food
• taiwanese snacks
• all-purpose flour
• black pepper powder
• cake flour
• cooked sesame seeds
• instant yeast
• lard
• light soy sauce
• pork stuffing
• sugar
• chopped green onion
• salt
• sesame oil
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Mix water, salt, and yeast in a small bowl and pour into 150 grams of flour.

   

2. 2 Use chopsticks to stir into snowflakes.

   

3. 3 Add 8 grams of lard and knead the dough with your hands until smooth.

   

4. 4 Put the dough into a container, cover with plastic wrap and ferment for 30-40 minutes, until the dough is 1.5 times its original size.

   

5. 5 Mix the pastry ingredients.

   

6. 6 Knead the dough with your hands into a smooth dough, cover with plastic wrap and rest for 20 minutes.

   

7. 7 Divide the 2 types of dough into 8 equal parts.

   

8. 8 Roll out each piece of puff pastry dough and wrap it in one piece of puff pastry dough.

   

9. 9 Tighten the mouth and round it.

   

10. 10 Cover with plastic wrap and rest for 10 minutes.

    

11. 11 Flatten the dough and roll it into an oval.

    

12. 12 Roll up.

    

13. 13 Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 10 minutes.

    

14. 14 Flatten again and roll into long strips.

    

15. 15 Roll up.

    

16. 16 Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 10 minutes.

    

17. 17 Add salt, soy sauce, pepper, sugar, and sesame oil to the meat filling, mix well, and put the chopped green onion into another small bowl and set aside. 2.

    

18. 18 Pinch the two ends of the relaxed dough together.

    

19. 19 Flatten it with your hands and roll it into a round shape.

    

20. 20 Wrap in meat filling.

    

21. 21 Add 1 tablespoon chopped green onion.

    

22. 22 Use the tiger's mouth to shape and close the mouth at the same time.

    

23. 23 .Press the closing area flat.

    

24. 24 Round and flatten slightly.

    

25. 25 First dip some water on the surface, then dip it in black sesame seeds.

    

26. 26 Place in baking dish.

    

27. 27 Baking (time and temperature are for reference only, please adjust appropriately according to the temperament of your own oven): Preheat the oven in advance, with upper heat at 180 degrees and lower heat at 170 degrees, middle and upper racks, for 25-30 minutes.

    

28. 28 After baking, it is delicious when eaten hot.

    

29. 29 Taiwanese pepper cake

    

30. 30 Taiwanese pepper cake