Ham and Nut Mooncakes (Wu Ren Yue Bing 五仁月饼)
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Ham and Nut Mooncakes (Wu Ren Yue Bing 五仁月饼)

NUTRITION · PER SERVING3000M COOK
CAL 23%·PRO 18%
CARBS 52G46% OF CAL
4G FIBER26G ADDED3G INTRINSIC20G OTHER28G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 25G49% OF CAL
4G SAT21G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

Ornate pastry-wrapped filled cookies with a rich interior of nuts, dried fruit, cured ham, and spices, traditionally eaten at Mid-Autumn Festival. Dense, intricate, and made well ahead.

dessertchinesebaked gooddairy free
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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 18
  • ½ pound granulated sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • 140 ml inverted sugar syrup ((which you bought or made in Part I))
  • ⅓ cup peanut oil or corn oil
  • 1 teaspoon lye water ((available at your Chinese grocery store))
  • 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour ((about 250 grams, plus more for dusting))
  • 100 grams jinhua ham ((京华火腿))
  • 2 tablespoons ham juice ((from steaming the ham––see instructions below))
  • 100 grams walnuts ((toasted))
  • 100 grams cashews ((toasted))
  • 100 grams pecans ((toasted))
  • 75 grams pumpkin seeds ((toasted))
  • 60 grams sunflower seeds ((toasted))
  • 60 grams sesame seeds ((toasted))
  • 200 grams sweet rice flour
  • ⅓ cup peanut oil ((or corn oil, about 75 ml))
  • 50 grams dried currants
  • 150 grams granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon five spice powder
  • 2 tablespoons Chinese bai jiu 白酒
  • ½ cup water ((about 120 ml))
  • [no additional ingredients needed for this step]
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 3 tablespoons water
PREP
2880M
SODIUM
256MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.