Coconut Matcha Snowskin Mooncakes
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: 5 1x
- Category: Mochi
- Method: Intermediate
- Cuisine: Chinese
Snow Skin
- 40 g Glutinous rice flour
- 20g Rice flour
- 10 g Wheat starch/Cornstarch
- 10 g Plain flour
- 35 g Caster sugar
- 160 g Coconut milk
- 35 g Condensed milk
- 1/2 tsp Matcha powder
- 30 ml Vegetable oil
Coconut Custard
- 10 g Wheatstarch/Cornstarch
- 20 g Custard powder
- 20 g Milk powder
- 60 g Caster sugar
- 30 g Egg yolks, approx 1
- 30 g Condensed milk
- 80 g Coconut cream
- 45 g Unsalted butter, melted
Assembly
- 20 g Glutinous rice flour
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!
Keywords: mochi, snowskin, mooncake, chinese, mid-autumn festival