Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chrysanthemum-shaped chinese pies. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chrysanthemum-Shaped Chinese Pies is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chrysanthemum-Shaped Chinese Pies is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chrysanthemum-shaped chinese pies using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chrysanthemum-Shaped Chinese Pies:
- Get Outer dough:
- Get 75 grams Bread (strong) flour
- Take 75 grams Cake flour
- Make ready 55 grams Shortening (softened)
- Take 15 grams Sugar
- Get 70 ml Water
- Take Inner dough:
- Take 110 grams Cake flour
- Make ready 40 grams Shortening (softened)
- Get Filling:
- Prepare 300 grams Tsubu-an (store-bought)
- Take 3 pieces Dried apricot (finely chopped)
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Instructions to make Chrysanthemum-Shaped Chinese Pies:
- Make the outer dough. Place the ingredients into a bowl. Add water and mix together. Knead well with your hands until smooth. Place the dough on a cloth and let it sit.
- Make the inner dough. Place the ingredients into a bowl and combine. Knead until the dough is smooth and no longer sticky.
- Divide both the outer and inner dough into 15 portions each. Wrap the outer dough around the inner dough. Tightly seal the seam.
- Place the seam on the bottom and use a rolling pin to roll into an oval.
- Roll starting from the point farthest away to the point closest to you.
- Turn it so that it faces sideways and roll it out one more time starting from the rolled end.
- Roll.
- Roll it out one more time from the rolled end.
- Fold into 3 layers. This completes the cake dough.
- Finish making the cakes. Roll the dough out into a circle. Fill with the tsubu-an and wrap it up.
- Place the seam on the bottom and tightly seal it closed. Flatten it out and roll it into a circle. Use scissors to make 7-8 cuts in the top. Twist the slits so the the cut ends face upwards.
- Place a piece of dried apricot in the centers and then line them up on a baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 200°C oven for 15 minutes.
- Done.
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