Moon Cake Making and Tea Pairing

🌕 Discover the Art of Making Moon Cakes 🌕 and craft an exquisite tea pairing to enhance your experience! 🫖

🌟 This demonstration is specially curated with our Moon Festival Bundle. Below are notes on the delightful teas included. You can choose to buy the bundle entirely or purchase individual teas linked below. 🌟

Teas Included:

• Da Hong Pao, Spring 2018:✨ A bold and vigorous Yan Cha Wu Long, ideal for celebration. Infused with the vibrant flavors of lavish spices and flowers. Perfect to craft poetry and savor during the Moon Festival. ✨

• Nan Nuo Shan, Ban Po Lao Zhai, Spring 2017:🌸 Celebrate with silky and sweet Sheng Pu, resembling flower blossoms. Embrace the holiday spirit drinking these mini cakes shaped like the moon! 🌸

• Da Chi Gan, Mid Spring 2021: 🍁 Relish this unsmoked red tea's sophisticated sweetness and bright notes. Rediscover the warmth of family and nature with every sip, an ideal combination for the Mid-Autumn Festival. 🍁

• Gua Pian, Semi-Handmade, Mid-Spring 2021: 🥢 Savor the umami flavors and buttery texture of this gorgeous Green tea, chosen for its round mouthfeel, perfect for joyous gatherings. 🥢

🧑‍🍳 Ingredient List for Moon Cakes:

• Equipment Needed: Scale, mooncake molds, medium bowls, whisk, pastry brush, sheet pans, parchment paper

• 200g all-purpose flour

• 140g invert sugar syrup (Lyle’s Golden)

• 50g peanut oil

• 4g lye water

• Variety of pastes for fillings (available at local Asian markets): lotus bean paste, red bean paste, sesame paste, jujube paste

• Salted duck egg yolks (optional)

• Cornstarch

• 1 egg (for egg wash)

🥮 Making the Dough:

1. Combine invert sugar syrup, lye water, and peanut oil using a whisk. Add flour and mix until evenly blended. Wrap in plastic film and let it rest at room temperature for 2 hours.

🥮 Filling Preparation:

1. Measure the egg yolk and the filling together to total 30 grams.

If not using egg yolks, use 30 grams of your desired filling.

2. Encase the egg yolk (if used) with the filling, forming it into a ball.

🥮 Moon Cake Assembly Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 395°F.

2. Weigh out 20 grams of dough per mooncake.

3. Flatten the dough in your palms, wrapping it gently around your filling ball.

4. Ensure the dough completely covers the filling without gaps.

5. Coat the filled mooncake ball in cornstarch, shaking off excess.

6. Dust the mold with cornstarch and remove excess.

7. Position the mooncake ball in the mold, pressing gently. Place it onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

8. Spritz the mooncake tops lightly with water.

9. Bake for 5 minutes to set the top pattern.

10. Remove, then lightly brush just the top with egg wash, avoiding the sides with excess wash.

11. Return to oven for an additional 10 minutes, baking until the tops are golden brown.

12. Cool to room temperature.

13. Once cooled, place mooncakes in a sealed plastic bag for 2 days at room temperature to soften the skin into the desired texture.

🎯 Who This Course is For:

• 🔍 Everyone intrigued by the elegant art of tea pairing or crafting delightful moon cakes.