Salt and pepper mooncakes

Salt and pepper mooncakes

Overview

I like all kinds of Chinese dim sum, especially the crispy ones, which feel like they will fall apart after you take a bite. The puff pastries I made in the past were all sweet. This time I tried the salt and pepper flavor~

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Place peanuts and walnuts in a baking pan.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 1

  2. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees for about 10 to 15 minutes.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 2

  3. Slightly chop the roasted peanuts and walnuts, add cooked black sesame seeds, 5g salt and pepper, 8ml vegetable oil and 10g flour.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 3

  4. Stir evenly into filling.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 4

  5. Water and oil skin = 85g all-purpose flour + 20g white sugar + 15g lard + appropriate amount of water. Pastry = 60g low-gluten flour + 25g lard.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 5

  6. Mix the two types of dough.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 6

  7. Divide the water-oil dough into 20g portions.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 7

  8. Divide the pastry dough into 10g portions.

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  9. Divide everything so that there are exactly 8 portions.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 9

  10. Roll out the water-oil dough, put in the pastry dough, and wrap it up.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 10

  11. Wrap everything up.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 11

  12. Take one and roll it out.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 12

  13. Roll up from top to bottom.

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  14. Do everything and relax for about 20 minutes.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 14

  15. Take a piece of dough and continue rolling it out.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 15

  16. Roll up from top to bottom.

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  17. Roll everything up and let it rest for about 15 minutes.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 17

  18. Fold both ends of the dough back in half and roll it out.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 18

  19. Add filling.

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  20. Tuck it shut and wrap it up.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 20

  21. Do it all.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 21

  22. I dipped my chopsticks in some red yeast rice powder and decorated it.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 22

  23. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.

    Salt and pepper mooncakes step 23

  24. Let cool after baking.

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  25. O(∩_∩)O haha~

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  26. Salty taste.

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  27. So crispy and crumbly~

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  28. It’s time to eat~

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