Winter Plum Blossom Flower Flaky Mooncake

Ingredients for Water Skin:

200 gm. Plain flour
20 gm. Icing sugar
80 gm. shortening
100 ml. water

Ingredients for Oily Skin:

200 gm. Plain flour
120 gm. Shortening

For Filling:

800 gm. Lotus Paste or any paste of your choice

For Glazing: 1 egg yolk (lightly beaten)
Some black and white sesame seeds for decoration

Method:

(1) Divide filling into 50 gm. portions and roll into round balls. Set aside.
(2) Combine flour, icing sugar and shortening of Water Skin. Add in water and knead into a soft dough. Divide into 16 portions.
(3) Combine Pastry ingredients together and divide into 16 portions.
(4) Flatten water skin and wrap in oily dough. Shape round and roll into a long strip and roll into a swiss roll. Repeat process one more time. Do the same with remaining pieces. Repeat process till all the dough finish.
(5) Flatten each rolled dough into a round shape and wrap up with lotus paste.
(6) Use a knife or cutter to slit 5 slits leaving the middle part intact. Use your thumb to make a depression in the center.
(7) Use the cutter to make some lines on the cut blossom flower.
(8) Glaze with egg and sprinkle some sesame seeds in the depression - center of the mooncakes.
(9) Bkae in a preheated oven at 180C for 20 - 25 mins. Cool on cooling rack.