Pingyao moon cake is also called hollow moon cake. How is it made?

Introduction: Hollow moon cakes are a special kind of moon cakes in Shanxi, which are found in Pingyao, Taigu and many other places. This special mooncake is completely different from those in Suzhou and Guangdong. The skin of hollow moon cakes is very thin, and this kind of moon cakes is crisp and sweet when baked, so it is very popular with people and has a long storage time. Today, Bian Xiao will tell you how to make hollow moon cakes.

1. Hollow Moon Cake Hollow Moon Cake is an excellent traditional food and cultural heritage left by ancient civilization for thousands of years. Hollow moon cakes are filled with cooked oil and white flour, and covered with white sugar, brown sugar, sesame seeds, chopped flowers, walnuts, green and red silk, etc. And spread it in the moon cake mold. Put it in a greased hot pot and bake it in a furnace wall at a certain distance from the fire to make moon cakes. Baked moon cakes have a thin skin and taste sweet and crisp. Because the baked moon cakes have basically no moisture, they will be preserved for a long time and will not go bad.

Second, the method of making hollow moon cakes When making hollow moon cakes, you should prepare ingredients, such as flour, cooked soybean oil, pepper water, baking soda, cooked sesame seeds, brown sugar and cooked flour. Pour flour, cooked oil and baking soda into a basin, add pepper water respectively, stir into a flocculent state, knead into dough, and stir for 20 minutes. In the process of proofing, the cooked sesame seeds are crushed, added with brown sugar and fried flour, and stirred evenly to become stuffing. Wake up face to face, divide into small dough, and then wrap it in the prepared stuffing in a pie shape. After wrapping, flatten it face down, put it in the middle layer of the oven and bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. Then bake at 200 degrees 10 minute.

Third, matters needing attention Shanxi people generally use white flour and cooked oil to make moon cakes. This oil must also be a specialty of Shanxi sesame oil, so that moon cakes can be more fragrant. If you want moon cakes to look good, you can wrap them, put them in a mold and bake them. Mooncakes will expand when exposed to hot air during baking, so you can directly print the desired patterns on them after baking.