Mooncake : Honey Dew Melon Jelly Mooncake 燕菜密瓜月饼

Mooncake : Honey Dew Melon Jelly Mooncake 燕菜密瓜月饼

Recipe source :  Flavours magazine


I am encouraged by my few successful attempts at making jelly mooncakes. I am eager  to try more recipes as  I find these jelly mooncakes very pretty. They make great desserts and they are very tasty and refreshing. 

Honey Dew Filling

100g honey dew puree
1/2 cup water
2 tsp agar-agar powder
60g sugar
1 tbsp condensed milk
1/8 tsp green colouring
8 jelly egg yolks   ( My post on Cendol Jelly Mooncake showed how to make jelly egg yolks )

Method

1.  In a pot, bring the first 4 ingredients to the boil. Switch off the fire and add condensed milk and colouring.
2.  Pour into tart moulds or muffin pans. 
3.  Please visit my  post  Cendol Jelly Mooncake for a step-by-step guide on making the filling.

Yellow Jelly Skin

 
3 1/2 cups water
140g sugar
4 pandan (screw-pine) leaves, knotted
5 tsp agar-agar powder
2 tbsp condensed milk
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1/2 tsp yellow colouring

Method

1.  Bring the first 4 ingredients to the boil.
2.  Add in the next 3 items and once it starts to boil again, switch off the flame.

Assembling the Mooncake

For a step-by-step guide on assembling the jelly mooncake, please visit my previous posts on Cendol Jelly Mooncake and Mango Jelly Mooncake 


The concept of assembling the jelly mooncake is the same.

I am linking this post to Cook-Your-Books #3 

 

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