thousand layer mooncake

Sweet yam/taro paste is encased in ultra-flaky spiral pastry crust with colorful pastel rainbow colors is both an eye-candy and delicious Chinese pastry you can make at home to celebrate the mooncake festival.

Teochew Rainbow Spiral Yam Mooncake

500 gr yam/taro paste

gr all-purpose flour

gr icing sugar

gr shortening (or lard)

water

lemon juice

gr cake flour (divided)

butter

Divide the taro paste that has been chilled in the fridge into 12 portions, about 40 grams each. Roll into round balls, covered and keep in the fridge while you prepare the rest

In a large mixing bowl, mix flour with icing sugar. Rub the shortening into the flourmixture. It will feel crumbly, resembling bread crumbs. Gradually add the water and continue to mix and knead until you form a non-sticky dough. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes

Prepare the water dough:

Each color will use 25 grams cake flour + 10 grams of butter + food coloring. Rub the butter into the flour until it forms a smooth dough. Add food coloring and knead until the color is even. Cover and let the dough rest for 30 minutes. Repeat with the rest of the flour and butter to make three more doughs with different color.

Prepare the oil dough (4 colored doughs):

Divide water dough into 6 portions. Divide the colored dough into 6 portions for each color. So I have 6 pinks, 6 blues, 6 yellow, 6 purple

Flatten the water dough and roll into a round circle. Place 4 different colors of oil dough on top of the water dough. Wrap the water dough around the oil dough. So the oil dough is nested inside the water dough now. Repeat with the rest of the doughs. Keep them covered and let them rest for 30 minutes

Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F). My oven only uses bottom heat. Please adjust accordingly if you use convection top and bottom heat oven

Work with one dough at a time. Use a rolling pin to roll this dough into a flat oval shape. Roll it up from the side and then flatten into a long log. Roll it up into a Swiss roll. Flip to its side and cut into half with a very sharp knife (serrated knife is recommended)

Place the cut-side facing down. Use a rolling pin to roll it out into a circle, about 7-inch in width and place the filling on top. Gather the sides to wrap the filling. Pinch to seal at the bottom. When you flip it over, you&#39;ll see the spiral pattern. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper

Shaping:

Place the baking sheet, 3rd rack from the top into the oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown. Remove from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes and then remove to cooling rack to let them cool down completely

Baking:

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Sweet yam/taro paste is encased in ultra-flaky spiral pastry crust with colorful pastel rainbow colors is both an eye-candy and delicious Teochew spiral yam mooncake you can make at home to celebrate the mooncake festival.

Pastry-style mooncakes are filled with sweetened red bean paste and made with coconut oil instead of lard and colored with natural juice from blue pea flowers. Ultra flaky crust you will absolutely love!

Teochew Red Bean Spiral Thousand Layer Mooncake

dried blue pea flower ((packed) see notes 1)

gr water

tsp vinegar

60 gr shortening (see notes 2)

Tbsp sugar

all-purpose flour

gr shortening (see notes 2)

red bean paste

Add the blue pea flower and vinegar to 80 gr of warm water. Let them sit for 15 minutes. Use the back of the spoon to lightly mash the flower. Squeeze out any liquid from the flowers and you have the blue color liquid now

Prepare blue pea flower juice

I use a store-bought red bean paste and roll the paste into about 50 gr balls. Set aside

Prepare the filling (without salted yolk):

&nbsp;If you plan to use egg yolk, you need a smaller ball, about 30-35 gr. Roll into balls. Flatten with your palm to about 4-inch circle. Place one salted egg yolk in the middle and wrap the bean paste around it. Continue with the rest

Prepare the filling (with salted yolk):

Add sugar to the warm blue liquid.  In a large mixing bowl, rub the shortening into the flour. It will feel crumbly. Gradually add the blue liquid and continue to mix and knead until you form a non-sticky dough. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes

Rub the shortening into the flour until it forms a smooth dough. Cover and let the dough rest for 30 minutes

Prepare the oil dough:

Give both dough a few kneads and they should be smooth now. Divide the water dough and oil dough each into 6 equal portions

Keeping the rest covered, take one oil dough and one water dough. Flatten the water dough and place one oil dough in the middle

Wrap the water dough around the oil dough. So the oil dough is nested inside the water dough now. Repeat with the rest of the doughs

Use a rolling pin to roll this dough into a flat oval shape&nbsp;

Roll it up tightly starting from the bottom like a Swiss roll

Turn the dough vertical and roll it out again

Now you have a long flat strip of dough. Roll it as thin as you can as it will give you more spiral in the finished products later

Roll it up tightly again starting from the bottom into a Swiss roll

Cut this into half

Here is how the cut-side looks like (all those beautiful spirals are right here after baking!). Keep them covered tightly and rest for another 30 minutes before rolling them out

Work with one at a time, flip the cut side down and use a rolling pin to roll it out into a circle, about 7-inch in width

Place the filling in the middle

Gather the sides to wrap the filling. Pinch to seal at the bottom. When you flip it over, this is how it looks like. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper

Repeat with the rest of the doughs. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees while you are halfway through working with the dough

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