Spiral Yam Mooncakes Food

SPIRAL YAM MOONCAKES

Steps:

• Place mashed yam in a pan/wok.
• Add salt, sugar (Note 2) and oil gradually into yam paste, a small portion at a time.
• Keep stirring at all times.
• Cook until the paste leaves the sides of the wok clean when stirred.
• Set aside to cool.
• Measure 640g of yam paste for mooncakes with no yolks, OR 480g for mooncakes with yolks.
• Add melon seeds (if using) and mix well.
• Divide into 8 equal portions (Pic. 1) and roll each into a ball.
• Wrap an egg yolk into each ball (if using yolks).
• To prepare water dough: Sift flour and icing sugar into a mixing bowl.
• Make a well in the middle and gradually pour in the corn oil and water.
• Mix well and lightly knead for about 1 minute until a non-sticky dough is formed.
• Leave the dough aside and go on to prepare oil dough.
• To prepare oil dough: Sift flour into another mixing bowl.
• Mix shortening with flour well.
• Do not knead this dough (Note 3).
• Divide water and oil dough into 4 portions (Pic. 1).
• Each water dough should weigh 100g while each oil dough should weigh 67g (Note 4).
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out a water dough.
• Wrap an oil dough with this water dough (Pic. 2) to form a ball (Pic. 3).
• Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough in Step 6 as shown in Pic.
• 4 (Note 5).
• Roll as swiss-roll (Pic. 5).
• Give the dough a quarter turn and roll out the dough length wise again.
• Roll as swiss-roll (Pic. 6-7).
• Divide it into 2 equal portions (Pic. 8).
• Repeat the same procedure for the remaining water and oil doughs.
• These pastry skins are ready to be used.
• Lightly flour (using cake flour) the working surface.
• With the cut side face down, roll out the dough such that the edges are thinner than the centre (Pic. 9).
• Wrap yam paste ball and seal the edges (Pic. 10, Note 6).
• Repeat to shape remaining mooncakes.
• Place mooncakes on a baking tray lined with grease-proof baking sheet.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degC for 25-30 minutes or until cooked (Pic 11).
• Transfer mooncakes to a wire rack and let cool.