Ingredients for making mooncakes

Materials for making mooncakes include flour, converted syrup, filling, egg yolk mixture, peanut oil and so on.

1, flour

Flour is used to make mooncake crust, which has a soft texture. Ratio according to the degree of softness, generally choose the medium gluten flour.

2, converted syrup

Converted syrup can make the filling mix more evenly, and at the same time not easy to spread. By adding the conversion syrup, the mooncake has a richer flavor and the filling is more delicious.

3. Fillings

Traditional mooncakes come in a wide variety of flavors such as lotus seed paste and egg yolk, bean paste, date paste and five kernels.

4, egg yolk liquid

Egg yolk liquid mainly plays a role in increasing the taste of moon cakes. Egg yolk liquid is rich in protein and fat, which can increase the fineness and texture of the mooncake, and at the same time can make the mooncake more beautiful. The process of making egg yolk liquid is simple, and the production method can be referred to the steps of making egg yolk liquid.

5, peanut oil

Peanut oil can give the moon cake color and back to the oil, so that the moon cake is more beautiful. At the same time, peanut oil also has the characteristic of oil return, which can make the moon cake more flavorful. Therefore, it is very necessary to use peanut oil when making mooncakes.