Fish Doll Mooncakes With Chicken Floss 鸡松鱼儿公仔月饼
These lovely fish doll mooncakes are a type of traditional baked mooncake biscuits, also known as Kung Chai Peng 公仔饼. Comes in fun shapes and stuffed with a delicious chicken floss filling.
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 42 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 375 grams golden syrup
- 150 grams groundnut oil
- 1/2 tbsp alkaline water (lye water)
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 500 grams all-purpose flour (alternatively, cake flour)
- 25 grams melon seeds (toasted)
- 25 grams white sesame seeds (toasted)
- 1/4 cup walnuts (toasted and chopped)
- 100 grams chicken floss
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp water
- 25 grams white sesame seeds (toasted)
Instructions
- 1
Make Golden Syrup Mixture:
- 2
Pour golden syrup in a bowl. Add in groundnut oil, alkaline water and 1 tbsp flour. Stir to mix well.
- 3
Cover with cling wrap and set aside for a few hours, preferably overnight.
- 4
Assemble Mooncakes:
- 5
First, toast walnuts in a 175 degree C preheated oven for 10 minutes and set aside to cool. Then, chop into bite size pieces.
- 6
Next, toast melon seeds for 5 minutes. Remove to cool.
- 7
Then, toast white sesame seeds for 5 minutes. Remove to cool.
- 8
Place all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir to mix well.
- 9
Make a well in the centre and slowly add in the golden syrup mixture.
- 10
With a spatula, mix to form a soft dough. Do not knead the dough. Cover with cling wrap and set aside for 2 hours.
- 11
Divide dough into small portions according to the size of the mould used. For my mould, I divide the mooncake dough into 25g each and roll into balls.
- 12
Wrap a teaspoon of chicken floss in each dough ball. Pinch dough to secure the seam.
- 13
Then roll again into round shape. Repeat the same with the rest of the mooncake dough. And we're ready to shape the mooncakes.
- 14
Lightly dust a mooncake mould and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- 15
Place rolled dough in the mould and press to ensure dough is filled to the brim of the mould.
- 16
Tap gently on a thick kitchen towel to dislodge the dough from the mould.
- 17
And we have a fish doll mooncake all done! Repeat with the remaining filled mooncake dough balls.
- 18
Arrange on a baking sheet. And we're ready to bake!
- 19
Bake Mooncakes:
- 20
First, preheat oven to 190 degree C and place wire rack in centre of oven. Bake the mooncakes for 10 minutes.
- 21
While mooncakes are in the oven, prepare egg wash. Mix 1 egg yolk and 1 tbsp water, then strain through a fine sieve.
- 22
After 10 minutes baking, remove from oven and leave to cool on wire rack for 15 minutes. Then brush the top with egg wash.
- 23
Return to oven and continue to bake for another 8-10 minutes or until just golden brown.
- 24
Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then transfer to wire rack and leave to cool completely before storing in air tight containers.
- 25
Wait for 2-3 days for the mooncake skin to soften before serving. As always, ENJOY!