The lotus seed paste in mooncakes is made from lotus seeds, sugar, oil and other ingredients. Pure lotus seed paste-filled mooncakes require 100% lotus seed in the cake filling except for sugar and oil; lotus seed paste-filled mooncakes require more than 60% lotus seed in the cake filling except for sugar and oil.

Red lotus seed paste is made of lotus seed and brown sugar, white lotus seed paste is made of lotus seed and white sugar, and yellow lotus seed paste has a yellow color because the crust is made of brown sugar and oil.

Lotus seed paste production method:

1, 500 grams of lotus seed, put warm water soak up, remove the heart, peel.

2, with rice cooker press cook porridge button to cook.

3, cooked and poured into the cooker into the puree.

4, pour the mashed bean paste into the pot, add vegetable oil and sugar.

5, low heat, stirring constantly, stirring until a little hard to stir.

6, after cooling, put in the refrigerator.

Hazard analysis of raw materials:

1, flour: the moisture of flour should be less than 14.5%, because the flour moisture is high, or the humidity of the storage environment is too large, the flour is susceptible to mold contamination, and then mold.

2, sugar: should choose the color white, less impurities of high-quality sugar. If you choose yellow sugar, easy to cause heavy metal exceeds the standard; if the storage environment is not appropriate, it is susceptible to bacterial contamination.

3, fats and oils: fats and oils at room temperature can not be stored for too long, if stored for too long will Jiang Sheng oxidation rancidity and hydrolysis rancidity.

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