Six Red Herbal Mooncakes
A Chinese recipe for Six Red Medicinal Mooncakes (六红药膳月饼) featuring red beans, red dates, ejiao (donkey-hide gelatin), red-skinned peanuts, and goji berries.
Ingredients
Red beans
30g
Red dates
30g
Donkey-hide gelatin (Ejiao)
40g
Red-skinned peanuts
20g
Goji berries
20g
Red rice
10g
Sugar 20g
As needed
Butter
70g
Egg
One
Oily date paste filling
200g
Chopped walnuts
25g
Instructions
1
Step 1
Red beans, red dates, goji berries, red-skinned peanuts, donkey-hide gelatin (Ejiao), red rice
2
Step 2
Place all into a grinder
3
Step 3
Grind into powder
4
Step 4
Set aside
5
Step 5
Soften 70g butter in advance and beat until fluffy
6
Step 6
Add one egg's liquid in batches, continue beating until fluffy and pale
7
Step 7
Add the six-red powder
8
Step 8
Mix well
9
Step 9
Knead into a smooth, slightly soft dough; the pastry wrapper is ready. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to relax.
10
Step 10
Add chopped walnuts to the date paste and mix well
11
Step 11
Divide into 25g portions; the filling is ready
12
Step 12
Take 25g of pastry wrapper, roll into a ball, and flatten
13
Step 13
Place the filling inside
14
Step 14
Use the tiger's mouth (thumb and index finger) to gather and seal upward
15
Step 15
Roll into a ball
16
Step 16
Place into a mold and press out a flower pattern
17
Step 17
One raw pastry is ready
18
Step 18
Spray with water mist, place into a preheated oven, middle rack, 180°C, bake for 20 minutes
19
Step 19
Done
