【Tianjin】Matcha Crispy (Purple Sweet Potato Crispy)

Overview

Chinese New Year is coming soon, so it’s a good idea to make some delicious snacks by yourself, which can be given as gifts or eaten by yourself. It is a custom in Tianjin to pay New Year greetings around the Spring Festival. Bringing this healthy and delicious snack is definitely no worse than what is sold outside, and it is very respectable.

Tags

• baking
• high gluten flour
• lard
• low gluten flour
• matcha powder
• purple sweet potato starch
• bean paste
• powdered sugar
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Stir the flour, powdered sugar and water evenly, rub in the lard, cover with plastic wrap and leave for 20 minutes.

   

2. 2 Knead the low flour, lard matcha and purple sweet potato starch separately into a puff pastry and leave it for 20 minutes

   

3. 3 Divide the oil dough into 8 parts, and divide the matcha cake and purple potato cake into 4 parts each

   

4. 4 One portion of fried dough and one portion of puff pastry

   

5. 5 Wrap it like a bun. Leave for 15 minutes.

   

6. 6 Take one portion and roll it into a shape of beef tongue.

   

7. 7 Roll up and leave for 20 minutes.

   

8. 8 Press to continue rolling.

   

9. 9 Roll up and leave for 20 minutes

   

10. 10 Divide bean paste filling into 16 portions

    

11. 11 Cut the pastry from the middle with a knife

    

12. 12 Roll out the dough with the cut side facing down and wrap it with fillings, making sure the layers are facing outwards.

    

13. 13 Wrap everything and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.

    

14. 14 Isn’t it beautiful? It tastes good too

    

15. 15 Afternoon tea is also good.