Teochew Mooncake Wannabe

I have heard about teochew mooncake and can't remember how it is supposed to taste and look like. The only thing i remembered that the famous shop is in Gombak and the mooncake is quite flat and big. My friend gave me this recipe, only the ingredients actually, while we were chatting and i made this however i think it is right. The teochew ah pek will be laughing at these cakes wannabe, with the minnie mouse stamp. I can do better if i can get hold of the proper stamp and i know i should not have glazed the cake. Anyone out there have a stamp that you don't need?

Ingredients:

Pastry

Outer dough

120 gm unbleached all-purpose flour

50 gm shortening

70 gm water

Inner Dough

100 gm unbleached all-purpose flour

50 gm shortening

Filling

300 gm lotus paste - divide into 50 gm each(recipe from here http://lilyngs.blogspot.com/2007/08/mooncakes.html

100 gm sweet mui choy

25 gm kat paeng (sugared dried tangerine)

25 gm toasted sesame seeds

60 gm Tong Tung Kwa(dried sugar coated winter melon)

60 gm lotus paste- recipe from here http://lilyngs.blogspot.com/2007/08/mooncakes.html

Method:

To make the pastry:

Make the inner dough by mixing in the shortening to the flour, knead until smooth. Wrap in clingwrap and leave aside.

Mix all the ingredients for the outer dough until well combined. Make sure the texture of this dough feels the same as the inner dough - the same softness. Wrap dough with clingwrap and leave to rest.

To make the filling

Soak the sweet mui choy and wash it really clean by changing the water several times. Squeeze the vegetable to rid of water. Chop it fine.(i put the veg in the food processor and pulse). Fry the veg without oil until it is dried but not crispy.

Cut up the kat paeng, remove the seeds and chop it up in the food processor.

Chop up the tong tung kwa in the food processor.

Mix all the chopped up ingredients with the lotus paste and mix well. Divide into 6 portions.

Wrap this with the 50 gm lotus paste (this is the filling)

To assemble

Divide the inner and outer dough into 6 portions.

Take the outer dough and wrap the up the inner dough.

Flatten slightly, position the rolling pin in the middle and roll out to the top. Then position back the rolling pin to middle of dough and roll back. Repeat this process for the other 5 portions.

Coming back to the first portion. Roll from the top to the bottom, like you would rolling a carpet.

Repeat process for the other 5 portions.

Take the first portion, use the thumb to create a dent so as to seal the seam, pinch in the sides so that the portion is slightly round. Repeat this process for the other 5 portions.

Flatten the first portion and roll flat with rolling pin to a circle that would fit the filling.

Wrap the filling with the pastry.Repeat this process for the other 5 portions.

Preheat oven at 400 f and bake for 5 - 10 minutes.

Serves