Traditional classic food wife cake

Overview

Wife cake has a high reputation among Chinese dim sum. It has a thin skin and thick filling. The filling is moist and soft, and the taste is sweet but not greasy. It is the Guangdong Chaozhou-style moon cake that uses the least ingredients and is the simplest in workmanship. Why don’t you come and try it

Tags

• baking
• all-purpose flour
• coconut
• fried glutinous rice noodles
• fried white sesame seeds
• lard
• low gluten flour
• salad oil
• white sugar
• winter melon
• powdered sugar
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare all materials in advance

   

2. 2 Crush 250 grams of winter melon with a food processor

   

3. 3 Cook winter melon puree and sugar together until very thick

   

4. 4 Add 100 grams of cooked glutinous rice flour, 20 grams of coconut, 15 grams of white sesame seeds, 20 grams of salad oil, and 40 grams of warm water to the fried winter melon puree (add water depending on the humidity of the fried winter melon puree)

   

5. 5 Mix evenly into filling

   

6. 6 Make oil crust: add flour to powdered sugar and lard, mix briefly, then add water in batches and mix well

   

7. 7 Use a bread machine to knead the glove film

   

8. 8 Make puff pastry: Add flour to lard and mix into puff pastry

   

9. 9 Cover the dough and pastry with plastic wrap and rest for 30 minutes

   

10. 10 After relaxing, divide the dough and pastry into 15 pieces each

    

11. 11 Take a piece of dough and flatten it into a round shape. Place the dough in the center of the dough ball and knead it like a steamed dumpling

    

12. 12 Wrap all 15 pieces with the seams facing down. Cover them with plastic wrap. Press a damp cloth on top of the plastic wrap to ensure that the dough does not dry out. Let it rest for 20 minutes

    

13. 13 Roll out the rested dough into a long cone shape. Try to roll it out as long as possible. The puffing effect will be better. After rolling out, roll it up from top to bottom. Roll it out and let it rest for 20 minutes

    

14. 14 Flatten the dough, roll it out again, roll it into a cone, roll it up again, roll all the dough, cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for 20 minutes, then take a piece and press it in the middle with your fingers

    

15. 15 Glue the two ends toward the middle, roll it out into a round shape, and roll the edges thinner

    

16. 16 Divide the stuffing into 15 equal portions

    

17. 17 Put it in the middle and wrap it up

    

18. 18 Wrap the bag with the seam facing down, roll it into a round cake, and place it on the baking tray

    

19. 19 Brush with a layer of whole egg wash

    

20. 20 Sprinkle sesame seeds and make three slits on the surface with a knife

    

21. 21 Place in the middle rack of a preheated oven at 200 degrees and bake at 200 degrees for 17 minutes

    

22. 22 Let it cool before eating. The texture will become softer after being sealed and stored for one day