Agar-agar Dragon Fruit Mooncakes
Dragon fruit flesh is added to both agar-agar mooncake “skin” and “filling”, while the “yolk” in the centre is made with mango flesh.
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Ingredients
For mango agar-agar “egg yolks” : (Yields: 6, 15 g each)
- ¹⁄₁₆ tsp fine salt
- 1½ tbsps fine sugar
- 1 tsp agar-agar powder
- 90 g plain water
- 60 g mango flesh diced
- ½ tbsp lemon juice
For dragon fruit agar-agar filling:
- 45 g red dragon fruit flesh mashed
- ½ tbsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp agar-agar powder
- 30 g fine sugar
- 145 g milk room temperature
For dragon fruit agar-agar skin:
- 60 g red dragon fruit flesh mashed
- 1¼ tsps agar-agar powder
- 2 tbsps fine sugar
- 1 piece pandan leaf
- 240 g plain 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.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 60kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.03gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 17mgPotassium: 41mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 111IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 0.2mg
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