Soft and chewy matcha snowskin mooncakes with a creamy coconut custard centre. These marbled green and white mooncakes are perfect for the celebration of the mid-autumn festival, aka moon festival!
Author:Catherine Zhang
Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:60 minutes
Total Time:80 minutes
Yield:51x
Category:Mochi
Method:Intermediate
Cuisine:Chinese
Ingredients
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Snow Skin
40g Glutinous rice flour
20g Rice flour
10g Wheat starch/Cornstarch
10g Plain flour
35g Caster sugar
160g Coconut milk
35g Condensed milk
1/2 tsp Matcha powder
30ml Vegetable oil
Coconut Custard
10g Wheatstarch/Cornstarch
20g Custard powder
20g Milk powder
60g Caster sugar
30g Egg yolks, approx 1
30g Condensed milk
80g Coconut cream
45g Unsalted butter, melted
Assembly
20g Glutinous rice flour
Instructions
Snow Skin
Sieve the glutinous rice flour, rice flour, corn/wheat starch, and flour in a medium sized heat-proof bowl
Add the sugar and mix to combine
Pour in the coconut milk and condensed milk, whisk to combine
Add the vegetable oil and whisk until smooth
Cover with cling wrap and place the bowl in a steamer
Steam over medium heat for [cooked-timer minutes=”20″]20 Minutes[/cooked-timer]or until a chopstick can cut through the mixture cleanly, cool
Divide in half and knead matcha powder into one half
Divide each half into 5 equal portions, there should be 5 balls of matcha skin and 5 balls of plain skin
Coconut Custard
Sieve the wheat/ cornstarch, custard powder and milk powder together in a medium sized heat-proof bowl
Add the sugar and mix to combine
Whisk in the egg yolk, condensed milk, coconut milk and melted butter
Cover with cling wrap
Place the bowl in a steamer and steam over medium heat for 20-30 minutes, until the custard is almost fully set
Place in the fridge to cool completely
Roll into 5 even balls
Assembly
Lightly roll together one plain and one matcha portion of snowskin into a ball
Press into a rough circle with the palm of your hand
Place a ball of custard filling in the centre and bring the edges together to enclose the custard
Dust your mooncake mould with the cooked glutinous rice flour
Press the ball into the floured mould and remove
Place in the freezer overnight
Place in the fridge for 2 hours before serving, enjoy!