Lotus Paste Jelly Mooncake

LOTUS PASTE JELLY MOONCAKE

Jelly Egg Yolk

Ingredients (A)
125 ml water
50 gm sugar
1 tsp agar agar powder
pinch of salt
2 knotted pandan leaves

Ingredients (B)
80 ml coconut milk
1/2 tbsp custard powder
a few drops of orange colouring

Methods
1. Bring ingredients (A) to a boil, lower heat and add in coconut milk, custard powder and colouring and bring to a quick boil.
2. Pour jelly mixture into the ball ice-cube tray and cover the tray tightly.
3. Leave jelly to set completely before unmoulding.

Filling ingredients

25 gm sugar
1/8 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp agar agar powder
2 pandan leaves
150 ml water
150 gm lotus paste
150 ml coconut milk
1/2 tbsp custard powder

Methods
1. In a small saucepan, mix in sugar, salt, agar agar powder, pandan leaves and water. Cook over low heat, stirring with a whisk.
2. Once mixture comes to a boil, add in lotus paste and mix slowly until lotus paste dissolves thoroughly.
3. In a bowl combine coconut milk and custard powder. Pour this mixture into the agar agar mixture and bring to a boil. Turn off heat immediately.
4. Pour lotus paste jelly mixture into small cups and top each cup with a jelly yolk in the center. Allow it to set completely.

Skin ingredients
70 gm sugar
1/8 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp agar agar powder
400 ml water
2 knotted pandan leaves
1/2 tbsp condensed milk
50 ml coconut milk
a few drops of green colouring

Methods
1. In a pot, combine sugar, salt, agar agar powder, pandan leaves and water. Stirring continuously with a whisk and bring to a boil.
2. Lower heat and mix in condensed milk, coconut milk and colouring. Keep stirring until the mixture starts to bubble. Turn off heat.

To assemble mooncake
1. Pour some of mooncake jelly skin mixture into a mooncake mould.
2. Allow to cool until almost set.
3. Place a prepared lotus paste filling in the center of the mould.
4. Top up with more jelly skin mixture and let it set completely before chilling in the refrigerator.
5. Unmould mooncake from mould and keep it refrigerated until ready to serve.

I am showing the pictures of the moulds used so that it will be clearer for you.

The moulds used for making the jelly eggs and jelly filling.


This is the jelly mooncake mould.