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black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake

Carrot Snow Skin Mooncake (Black Sesame Paste)

The nice natural orangey yellow colour skin of Carrot Snow Skin Mooncake is made with carrot juice. The orangey yellow skin is filled with black colour paste filling, when the mooncake is cut, you will see a nice contrast black-yellow colour.

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5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Cooling & Chilling time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Course mid autumn
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 8 pieces
Calories 210 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 mooncake mould (75-g size)

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for carrot snow skin: (Yields: 280 g)

  • 40 g glutinous rice flour
  • 35 g rice flour
  • 15 g wheat starch
  • 35 g icing sugar
  • 145 g carrot milk*
  • 30 g cooking oil

Other ingredient:

Instructions
 

  • *Carrot milk: Blend together 50 g of carrot with 150 g of milk, extract 145 g of carrot milk.
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake
  • Combine all ingredients for carrot snow skin, mix until smooth. Sieve mixture into an oil coated heat resistant bowl. Put into steamer, steam over medium heat for 25 minutes.
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake
  • Mix until smooth with spatula for about 3 minutes while still hot. Set aside for 10 minutes until slightly cooled, then wrap with cling wrap and chill for 30-35 minutes.
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake
  • Prepare hand-coating flour: Stir-fry 1 tablespoon of glutinous rice flour in dry pan over medium-low heat for 5 minutes, set aside to cool.
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake
  • Divide black sesame paste into 8 portions (30 g each).
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake
  • Divide carrot snow skin into 8 portions (35 g each).
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake
  • Flatten snow skin into round shape, top with filling, then fully wrapped filling with snow skin. Lightly coat with hand-coating flour, then print the pattern with small mooncake mould (75-g size).
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake
  • Chill the snow skin mooncakes for 1 hour before serving for a better texture.
    black sesame paste carrot snow skin mooncake

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Notes

For storage, put snow skin mooncakes in airtight container and freeze, thaw in refrigerator before serving. I usually finish within 5-6 days.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 37mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 2gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 40IUCalcium: 117mgIron: 2mg
Keyword carrot snow skin, snow skin mooncake
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