Aren't the jelly mooncakes pretty? I made two batches of this. For the first batch of jelly mooncakes, I did not do a very good job when it comes to unmolding, causing some of them to fall apart. The second lot were much better, probably because I made sure that I scratched the surfaces well before I added in the next layer of agar-agar mixture and chilled for a longer time before unmolding. The steps and ingredients for jelly mooncakes are quite simple. Patience is the key when it comes to making jelly mooncakes, something which I think I need to work on. Haha...
Thanks to Happy Flour for sharing the recipe and detailed instructions. :)
Red Bean Paste Jelly Mooncakes
Adapted from: Happy Flour
Ingredients
Mock Egg Yolks (Makes 20 egg yolks)
200 g water
40 g sugar
1 tsp agar-agar powder
1 tbsp evaporated milk
Few drops of orange food colouring
Filling (Makes 8 fillings)
200 g water
40 g sugar
1 1/4 tsp agar-agar powder
100 g red bean paste
50 g coconut milk
Pastry (Makes 4 pastries)
300 g water
60 g sugar
2 tsp agar-agar powder
2 pieces of pandan leaves
100 g coconut milk
Few drops of red food colouring
Method
Mock Egg Yolks:
1. Boil water, sugar and agar-agar powder together until sugar and agar-agar powder are dissolved.
2. Remove from heat and stir in the milk and colouring.
3. Pour the mixture into an ice-cube mould. Leave it to set and chill in the fridge.
4. Remove from mould.
Filling:
5. Boil water, sugar and agar-agar powder together until sugar and agar-agar powder are dissolved.
6. Remove from heat and stir in the coconut milk and red bean paste until well combined. Return to fire and bring to a boil.
7. Pour the mixture into a small mould and place a mock egg yolk in the centre of the mould. Leave it to set and chill in the fridge.
8. Remove from mould and use a fork to scratch on the surface of the filling.
Pastry:
9. Boil water, pandan leaves, sugar and agar-agar powder together until sugar and agar-agar powder are dissolved.
10. Remove from heat and stir in the coconut milk. Return to fire and bring to a quick boil.
11. Pour ¼ of the mixture into a small bowl and stir in the red colouring. Leave the rest of the mixture plain.
Assembling the agar-agar mooncake:
12. Pour the red pastry mixture into the jelly mooncake mould to about ¼ full. Leave it to half-set.
13. Place a filling in the centre of the mould and fill up the mould with the plain pastry mixture. Leave it to set and chill in the fridge.
14. Loosen the sides of the agar-agar mooncake. Invert the mould and gently press the agar-agar out of the mould.
Notes
- Scratching the surface of the filling will allow it to stick onto the pastry.
