{"id":285814,"date":"2010-11-05T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/su-style-moon-cakes"},"modified":"2010-11-05T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T10:59:00","slug":"su-style-moon-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/en\/su-style-moon-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Su” Style Moon Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI had a lot of fun making these traditional Su-style mooncakes that are served in China for the Mid-Autumn Festival. They are different from the other mooncakes, because unlike the others, they are not molded (we will see later those made in these small molds, with a different dough and other fillings!). It is a puff pastry (Chinese) in which we put different fillings. Here I present you the ones with lotus seed paste, with egg cream and finally with…pork! Because moon cakes are also eaten salted during the mid-autumn festival! It can be a dessert or a savory dish. I also present you three different results…!<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Recipe for Suzhou style moon cakes:<\/p>\n

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\n-1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger<\/span><\/b>
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\n-100g of minced pork loin<\/span><\/b>
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\nStart by preparing the Chinese puff pastry. It’s the same principle as our inverted puff pastry, except for a few things! Except that instead of butter, it’s lard. I respect that because it is the tradition there. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nDampening: put the 120g of flour. Make a hole and put the remaining 45g of lard. Pour hot water in the center. <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nSet aside and let stand in a cool place for 30 minutes. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nStart by rolling out with a small rolling pin (I use the one for dim-sum!), spreading the dough to the sides and leaving a slight bump in the center. <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nStart rolling out the dough on a floured surface. This time it should be rolled out like a more traditional puff pastry. However, it’s easier to do because there’s no butter to get out! Spread on a length 3 times longer than the width. <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nFold in three and turn 90\u00b0. A first round is done!<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nSpread again and do the same 4 more times for a total of 5 rounds. <\/i><\/div>\n
\nRoll out the dough one last time, this time in a fairly thin layer on all sides. <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nPrepare the meat filling for the salted moon cakes. Put salt, sugar, meat, ginger, cornstarch, soy sauce…<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nMix and add the rest. <\/i><\/div>\n

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\nIn China, it is better to “break” the dough into pieces than to cut it. This is a traditional   way of doing things. I don’t think it affects the final result much, but it’s worth mentioning, because after all I always want to be as close as possible to what is being done. <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nCut this dough by holding the dough roll with one hand, and tearing the dough with the other hand in a short movement to the side. Make 8 small piles of dough. <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nFlatten once with the palm of the hand, then with the roller. It looks like a shortcrust pastry, but the pastry will be flaky! <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nGarnish with the stuffing of your choice. <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe lotus seed paste… For the lotus seed paste and the egg cream, you have to roll them into a ball… <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nClose the whole in the same way as for the “xiao long bao”<\/a> or the juicy pork buns<\/a>… <\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWe can also let ourselves go to more fantasy (only for those with lotus seeds or egg cream!!!).<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThen pressing a cap in the center just to mark a marker… Then by cutting “slices” in the dough from this mark. First in 4, then in 4 again. This gives us 16 slices. <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nYou just have to place these “petals” on the side and you get a more original (and still traditional!!) moon cake.<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nBake for 20-25 minutes, keeping an eye on the cooking time (always adapt to your own oven!!).<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nThe pastry is flaky and filled with the choice we made… <\/i><\/div>\n


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\nAll three choices are delicious and taste different when folded or balled…<\/i><\/div>\n


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