For mango agar-agar “egg yolks” : (Yields: 6, 15 g each)
¹⁄₁₆tsp fine salt
1½tbspsfine sugar
1tspagar-agar powder
90gplain water
60gmango fleshdiced
½tbsplemon juice
For dragon fruit agar-agar filling:
45gred dragon fruit fleshmashed
½tbspcornstarch + 1 tbsp water
1tspagar-agar powder
30gfine sugar
145gmilkroom temperature
For dragon fruit agar-agar skin:
60gred dragon fruit fleshmashed
1¼tspsagar-agar powder
2tbspsfine sugar
1piece pandan leaf
240gplain water
Instructions
For mango agar-agar “egg yolks”:
Combine salt, sugar, agar-agar powder and water, mix well. Bring to the boil over medium heat, cook until agar-agar powder has fully dissolved. Add lemon juice to mango flesh, add in agar-agar mixture, blend until smooth. Sieve mango puree through to remove hard fibre.
Pour mixture into 6 holes round ice cubes mould (diameter=3 cm), top with the cover. Keep in the freezer to freeze for 20 minutes, or until fully set.
Unmould when fully set.
For dragon fruit agar-agar filling:
Mix cornstarch with water, add in mashed dragon fruit flesh, mix well.
Combine agar-agar powder, sugar and milk, mix well. Bring to the boil over medium heat, cook until agar-agar powder has fully dissolved. Add in mashed dragon fruit flesh, mix well, bring to the boil again, then off the heat.
Pour some dragon fruit filling into 4 paper muffin cups (top diameter=6 cm, bottom diameter= 5 cm, height= 4.8 cm). Add in mango agar-agar “egg yolk”. Add in more dragon fruit filling until the total weight is 60 g.
Keep in the freezer and freeze for 20 minutes, or until fully set. Unmould when fully set.
For dragon fruit agar-agar skin:
Combine agar-agar powder, sugar, pandan leaf and plain water, mix well. Bring to the boil over medium heat, cook until agar-agar powder has fully dissolved. Add in mashed dragon fruit, mix well, bring to the boil again, then off the heat. Transfer mixture to heat resistant measuring cup.
Assembling Dragon Fruit Agar-Agar Mooncakes:
Pour some dragon fruit skin into jelly mooncake mould. Add in dragon fruit filling. Pour in more dragon fruit skin until fully filled.
Set aside for 15 minutes, or until slightly set.
Keep in refrigerator, chill for 2 hours, or until fully set.
Unmould the agar-agar mooncakes when fully set. (For storage: Put agar-agar mooncakes in container and chill.)
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Notes
This recipe yields 4 mooncakes (125 g each) divided into 8 servings.The nutritional value for reference is for 1 half mooncake.