3Q Mooncake as its name suggested is a combination of 3 flavor into one mooncake. Today we will learn how to make the Taiwan style 3Q Mooncake. A crispy outer layer with sesame seeds texture, together with tender of chicken floss and saltiness of salted egg, it is a unique fusion of flavors.

Taiwanese 3Q Mooncake.

3Q月饼就如名字所显示,它是由三种不同口味的材料联合而成的。现在就来尝试制作台式3Q酥月饼。口感香酥,又有肉的嫩,和豆沙的甜。

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Taiwanese 3Q mooncake is a type of modern mooncake made of red bean paste, QQ mochi, meat floss and salted egg yolks wrapped in a flaky outer crust with sesame seeds. A unique scrumptious and savoury mooncake which is different from traditional baked mooncake.
Today, we also use Pandan mung bean paste to replace red bean paste.

台湾3Q月饼是一种现代月饼,由红豆沙、QQ麻糬、肉松和咸蛋黄包裹在有芝麻的片状壳中。不同于传统烤月饼,是非常独特美味可口月饼。
今天,我们也用班兰豆蓉代替红豆沙。

Firstly we make the Mochi dough which is needed as part of the internal filling of the Mooncake.
让我们开始制造麻薯。这是月饼内层需要的成分之一。

Ingredients for making the Mochi for the Taiwanese 3Q Mooncake.

▶️ Mochi (麻薯)
Glutinous rice flour 糯米粉 45g
Rice flour 粘米粉 35g
Corn starch 玉米粉 20g
Sugar 糖 30g
Milk 牛奶 180ml
Corn oil 玉米油 18g

Mix well and sieve then steam 15 minutes
搅拌均匀过筛蒸15分钟。

Knead into dough and divide into 8 pcs.
揉成面团后分成八份。

Break open the salted eggs and extract the egg york.

Next we prepare the Salted egg York.
下一步让我们准备咸蛋黄。

▶️ Salted Egg York (烘焙咸蛋黃)
Salted egg 咸蛋 – 6pcs
White Wine 白酒
Cooking Oil 食用油

Break up the salted eggs and take out the egg york.
咸蛋去蛋壳和蛋白,取出蛋黄。

Clean the salted eggs with white wine then coat the egg yorks with cooking oil.
用白酒清洗蛋黄,然后用食用油搅拌。

Bake the salted egg york in oven.

Bake the salted egg york for 5 minutes at 200C
用200摄氏度烘焙五分钟。

After baking it, take it out and press it into egg york mash.
烘焙过后就把蛋黄压成泥状。

Next we prepare the outer skin dough, It is a mixture of two different dough layer.
下一步就是制作面团于月饼的外皮。它是用两种不同的面团混合而成的。

▶️ Water skin dough (水皮面团)
Plain flour 普通面粉 160g
Icing sugar 糖粉 1 tsp
Water 清水 70ml
Butter 牛油 55g

Stir and mix well.
混合并搅拌均匀。

▶️ Shortbread dough (油酥面团)
Plain flour 普通面粉 100g
Shortening 白油 65g

Stir and mix well.
混合并搅拌均匀。

The ingredients for the internal filling of the Taiwanese 3Q Mooncake.

Next step is to prepare the Filling ingredients.
下一步就是准备内部的馅料。

▶️ Fillings Ingredients (内馅材料)
Meat floss 肉丝 x 8
Salted egg yolks mash 咸蛋黃泥 x 8
Mochi 麻薯 – 20g x 8
Red bean paste 豆沙 30g x 4
Pandan mung bean paste 班兰豆蓉 30g x 4

Make 8 portion of water skin dough, shortbread dough, meat floss, salted egg york mash and Mochi.
准备八个分量的水皮面团,油酥面团,肉丝,咸蛋黃泥,麻薯。

Option of 4 portion each of redbean paste and pandan mung bean paste, or 8 portion of either, depending on your favor.
可以以自己的喜好准备豆沙和班兰豆蓉各4份,或任何一个8份。

Dough prepared for Mooncake outer skin.

Warp the water skin dough over shortbread dough, press and roll to ensure good alternating layer texture.
用水皮面团包住油酥面团,然后挤压滚动平均成层层口感的外皮。

The internal filling is placed layer by layer.

Place the internal filling layer by layer (meat floss, salted egg york mash, Mochi, redbean paste and pandan mung bean paste) inside the dough skin and enclosed it nicely.
把馅料(肉丝,咸蛋黃泥,麻薯,豆沙或班兰豆蓉)层层放在饼皮中间然后紧紧包住。

Next step is making the outer decoration.
下一步就是外层的装饰。

Cover the mooncake with a layer of sesame seeds.

▶️ Decoration (装饰)
Black & White sesame seeds 黑白芝麻
Whole egg liquid 全蛋液 刷面

Scramble a chicken egg and use the mixture to coat the outer layer of the mooncake and place the sesame seeds on it.
现用混合蛋黄蛋白涂抹在月饼外层然后撒上黑白芝麻。

Freshly baked Taiwanese 3Q Mooncake.

Preheat oven to 200°C and bake around 30 minutes.
烤箱预热至 200°C,烘烤约 30 分钟。

Let it room cool and ready to serve.
室温下凉了就可食用。

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