Ice-covered moon cakes are very popular these days. The most distinctive feature of ice-covered moon cakes is their skins. So what is the skin of ice-covered moon cakes made of? What should I do? Let's introduce it together!

About the ice-covered moon cakes

Ice-covered moon cakes were originally sent from Hong Kong. About 25 years ago, mooncakes with frosted skin were sold in the Hong Kong market, but at that time, only one bakery launched them.

The main reason why it is called "ice-skin moon cake" is that it violates the traditional way of making moon cakes. Because all traditional moon cakes are made of syrup, the color is golden yellow. Part of the raw material of the moon cake with ice skin is glutinous rice, and the moon cake is white in appearance, which is kept in the freezer and kept in the refrigerator when it is sold.

At that time, the newly produced ice skin was not very particular about the raw materials. Its skin was made of cooked glutinous rice flour (also called cake flour). Because the skin would age, it would not be preserved for a long time, and it would crack and look ugly. The stuffing is made of lotus seed paste and bean paste. Therefore, the product was not very optimistic among peers at that time.

However, today's ice skin products are very different from the past. The skin is made of many different types of starch, which can not be cracked, aged and tasteless for a long time. Ice skin stuffing has also improved a lot, using Anjia cream, fried mung bean stuffing and fruit stuffing, and the production process has also improved from manual production to aseptic workshop and automatic packaging. It also achieved a triple package with Thai bird's nest in the middle. Frozen moon cakes are becoming more and more mature in Hong Kong. Therefore, the scale of production has also increased from a cake shop to four major companies occupying the market at the same time. The market share of frozen moon cakes has increased from nearly zero to more than one million now, and it is still increasing every year. Otherwise, the four major companies will not tailor a series of automatic machinery and equipment, rapid freezing equipment and aseptic workshops. In the coastal cities of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City, the market of ice-covered moon cakes has occupied a certain share in recent years, and there is still considerable room in the market. Because the old moon cakes are high in sugar and oil, there are many chemical raw materials such as bleaching and preservation, which have some influence on the human body. However, the ice skin belongs to environmental protection and health products, so it is gradually accepted by consumers. ?

What is the skin of the ice-covered moon cake made of

1. Raw materials for the skin of the moon cake: 1g of ground flour (wheat starch), 5g of glutinous rice flour, 15g of milk, 25g of salad oil and 25g of sugar. Decoration: cocoa powder, green tea powder, taro pigment (purple can be squeezed with purple cabbage)

2. Mix cornstarch, glutinous rice flour and white sugar, and pour salad oil into milk and stir well.

3. Pour the oil-milk mixture into the flour and mix well.

4. After SAIC, steam for 15 minutes, stirring several times during steaming. The batter will thicken little by little and solidify slowly, and then leave the fire when the water is dry.

5. After a little air cooling, knead into dough, and add cocoa powder, green tea powder and taro pigment respectively to make colorful mooncake skin with ice skin. (During the operation, the crust should be covered with plastic wrap or put into a container to prevent the crust from drying. )

Precautions in production

1. Many customers will encounter the problem that the crust of the mooncake is easy to age when making it. The general suggestion is to add a small amount of suitable modified starch. In addition, it is necessary to add oil, and you can choose peanut oil or white oil. Peanut oil can be directly added to the batter, and white oil should be beaten in with a fan mixer while the dough is hot after cooking. However, during the storage of oil, due to the influence of air, temperature, light, moisture, metal ions and fatty acid composition of oil itself, complex chemical changes will occur, which will lead to oxidative rancidity of oil, and a pungent smell will appear. You can add some Baiqing soft moisturizing cream in an appropriate amount, which can effectively delay the off-flavor and deterioration of oil, and pay attention to the selection of oil with better quality.

2. Sugar is the main auxiliary raw material for processing food, which can not only make the product sweet, but also change the technological properties of dough. Adding sugar to the dough can enhance the water holding capacity of the dough. If you don't want the crust to be too sweet, you can add sugar and rock sugar in a ratio of 1:1.

3. Because the ice skin will shrink after being completely cold-cut, the dough should be wrapped and printed immediately after being cooked and cold-cut until it is not hot.

4. Although mooncakes with frosted skin are generally stored at low temperature, microorganisms can still grow at -4℃. In particular, mooncakes with frosted skin and various fillings with endless aftertaste are very suitable for microbial growth, which leads to sour and stale products, seriously affecting the shelf life of the products. It is suggested that a proper amount of preservative for baking and stuffing can be added to prevent the products from deteriorating.

5. Baiqing now introduces a yogurt sauce product prepared from naturally fermented yogurt, which tastes thick and natural and healthy, and can be added with mooncake stuffing to get a pure and healthy mooncake with yogurt flavor.