Only got fat pork and flour? Try making pork mooncake

Standing in queue to buy fresh pork mooncakes used to be a daily routine for many Shanghai residents. Using the fat pork and Fuling pickle in the gift pack, as well as … lipstick, I achieved the same tastes at the Shanghai time-honored brands.

Ingredients:

Meat filling: 200g pork, 50g Fuling pickle, 8ml dark soy sauce, 8ml light soy sauce, 2g pepper powder, 20g granulated sugar, 3g salt, 5ml liquor Soft dough: 110g (or 210ml) flour, 5g granulated sugar, 15g lard, 15g peanut oil, 55ml water at 80 degrees Pastry dough: 60g (or 115ml) low gluten flour or 48g (or 90ml) flour and 12g (or 25ml) starch, 30g lard

Recipe:

1. Fry the fat pork to get the lard, cool to

home temperature.

2. Make the meat filling: Chop the pork

into mince, mix and combine all the ingredients well. Cover and set aside in fridge.

3. Make the soft dough: Add the flour, sugar and lard to a mixing bowl, and mix until thoroughly combined. Then slowly add the water in three to four batches and knead the dough to form a smooth dough ball. Set it aside and cover with a damp cloth. Make sure the dough is not too dry. 4. Make the pastry dough: Combine the flour and lard, and knead to form a dough ball. Cover with clear plastic wrap and let it sit in fridge for 20 minutes. 5. Press the soft dough into a round shape, put the pastry dough in the center, wrap up, close to seal and use your palms to flatten. Then roll it out into a large oblong shape. Then roll it up from the long side. 6. Cut into eight small pieces, press

edges together.

With a rolling pin, roll the dough bun7. dle out into a 10cm circle. Add about one tablespoon (about 20g) of meat filling to the center, and seal tightly. Be careful with the filling — make sure they are tightly sealed or they will burst open during the baking process. 8. Lightly press the dough to form it into

a flat mooncake shape. 9. Write the Chinese characters on the mooncake with lipstick, a signature of the time-honored brands.

10. Heat oven to 190 degrees. Bake for eight minutes. Turn upside down. Bake for eight minutes again.