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Teochew-Style Spiral Mooncakes

These Teochew Mooncakes feature a flaky, spiral pastry filled with a sweet matcha mung bean filling that is often enjoyed during Mid-Autumn Festival.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 3 hours
Servings 6
Calories 256kcal
Author Michelle

Ingredients

Matcha Mung Bean Filling:

  • 100 g dried mung bean soaked overnight
  • 60 g granulated sugar
  • 25 ml coconut oil
  • 10 g tapioca starch
  • 1 g (½ tsp) matcha powder

Salted egg yolks: (optional)

  • 3 salted egg yolks cut in half
  • ½ teaspoon Shaoxing wine or brandy

Water dough:

  • 60 g all-purpose flour
  • 6 g icing sugar
  • 2 g matcha powder or red yeast rice powder for red variation
  • 21 ml clarified butter ghee or unsalted European butter with 36% fat content
  • 28 ml cold water

Oil Dough:

  • 48 g cake flour or 43g all-purpose flour + 5g corn starch
  • 24 ml clarified butter or lard

Instructions

Prepare the mung bean filling: (You can make this a day ahead.)

  • Steam the mung bean for 30 minutes, or until softened.
  • Place cooked mung bean, sugar, coconut oil and tapioca starch into a food processor. Blend until very smooth.
  • Pour the mung bean paste in a small pot, turn on heat and cook the paste until very dry. Stir with a wooden spoon and reduce the heat to prevent burning.
  • Add in matcha powder and mix well. Remove from heat and let it cool completely.
  • Cut salted egg yolks into half, if using.
  • Place ½ teaspoon of Shaoxing wine or brandy on the yolks.
  • Microwave the yolks for 15-20 seconds or until the yolks has oil appear and become solid, not completely cooked, about 80% cooked. Cool completely.
  • Divide the cooked mung bean mixture into 6 portions, about 43-45g each and form into balls.
  • Make a well with your thumb and place one ½ egg yolk in the well.
  • Enclose the yolk with your thumb and index finger to seal the yolk inside. Roll it until it is smooth and round. Repeat with the remainder.
  • Rest, cover and chill in the fridge until ready to use.

Make the water dough:

  • Mix all-purpose flour, icing sugar, matcha powder (or red yeast rice powder) and clarified butter into  a bowl.
  • Add water and knead into very smooth and elastic dough.
  • Divide it into 3 portions, about 38g each.
  • Cover and let rest for 20-30 minutes.

Make the oil dough:

  • Mix together cake flour and clarified butter until it can be squeezed together into a ball.
  • Divide into 3 portions, about 24g each. Form into balls.
  • Flatten a water dough ball with your palm and place an oil dough ball in the center, enclose it and form a ball. Repeat with the remainder.
  • Cover and let rest for 15 minutes.

Assemble:

  • Flatten a dough ball with your palm and roll it flat into an oval shape with a rolling pin.
  • Start rolling the dough at an angle and roll diagonally into a long Swiss roll. Let rest for 15 minutes.
  • Flatten the Swiss roll with your palm slightly and roll flat into an rectangular long piece with rolling pin.
  • Swiss roll the piece into a stubby short roll.
  • Cut the roll in half with a serrated knife.
  • Flatten one piece with the cut side down using a rolling pin (to the size of your palm).
  • Flip the dough over with the cut side up.
  • Place a ball of filling under the dough and enclose it by closing your thumb and index finger. Keep rotating the pastry until the filling is completely encased. Pinch and seal the ball.
  • Repeat the with the remainder and let rest for 15 minutes in the fridge before baking.

Bake:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F/177°C.
  • Bake the pastries on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper for 30 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let cool.

Nutrition

Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 28mg | Potassium: 228mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 140IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg