Chocolate Filled Raspberry Flavored Tang Yuan 覆盆子巧克力湯圓

Prepare Tang Yuan Filling: First prepare the white bean paste and then continue on to flavor it with chocolate.

Weigh out 10 grams portions of chocolate paste and roll into 36 nos of balls. Place onto tray, cover with cling film and place in fridge to allow the balls to firm up.

Prepare Tang Yuan Dough: Add glutinous rice flour, powdered sugar and raspberry powder to mixing bowl. Use whisk to mix together.

Add boiling water to flour mixture. Stir and then knead until combined as much as possible. Add room temp water and knead until smooth, soft, very slightly sticky dough ball is formed. (If dough is too sticky add more glutinous rice flour, one tbsp as a time, kneading in completely each time. If too dry, add water one tbsp at a time, again kneading in completely each time.)

Weigh out 25 g portions of dough and roll into 36 nos of balls. Place onto a starch dusted tray and cover with moist towel or cling film to keep dough from drying out.

Wrap the Tang Yuan: Take one ball of dough and use thumb to press into a cup shape. Add one ball of chocolate filling into the cup. Rotate the tang yuan with one hand while using fingertips of other hand to pull and shape the dough around the filling until the dough closes around the filling completely. Place onto starch dusted tray, cover with towel. Repeat until all tang yuans are wrapped.

Place to one side the tang yuan to be eaten immediately.

Cook the Fresh Tang Yuan: Lay out serving bowls (one per person). Add a small dime sized piece of rock sugar to each bowl. Add boiling water to 60% full. Stir until the rock sugar is melted.

Prepare a pot with 3 inches of water. Don't overcrowd the pot. When water is boiling add in tang yuan, stirring a bit in the beginning to prevent tang yuan from sticking to the pot bottom. Once the tang yuan floats to the surface of the water, scoop out into the sugar water of the prepared serving bowls. Serve hot and delicious!

Store and Reheat Tang Yuan: Place the tray with the rest of the tang yuan in the freezer. Once hardened the tang yuan can be placed in zip lock bag for easier freezer storage. Frozen tang yuan can be stored for many months.

To reheat follow the same cooking instructions as for the fresh tang yuan but add an extra minute of cooking after the tang yuans float to the surface.