Crispy Chestnut Cake is a traditional Chinese pastry that is rich in flavor with its crispy outer layer and soft interior. The process of making chestnut cake requires patience and skill, but once successful, its delicious flavor will definitely keep you coming back for more.
Materials
-300g of glutinous rice flour
-400g of sweet potato
-120g of sugar
-1/4 tsp of salt
-Oil
-Walnuts
-Five-spice powder
Steps
1. >Prepare the ingredients such as glutinous rice flour, sweet potato, sugar, salt, walnuts and five-spice powder. Wash the sweet potato, peel it and cut it into small pieces.
2. Make sweet potato puree
Put the cut sweet potato into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook and mash it into puree. Put the mashed sweet potato into a pot, add glutinous rice flour, sugar, salt and five-spice powder, and mix well.
3. Knead the dough
Knead into a smooth dough and cover with a damp cloth to rise for 30 minutes.
4. Make the filling
Toast the walnuts in the oven, remove from the oven and cut into small pieces. Put the small pieces of walnuts and a little sugar into a pot, add the right amount of water and cook until the sugar dissolves to make a syrup.
5. Roll into small balls
Pull the dough into small pieces, roll into small balls, put the walnuts into the small balls, and roll into flat circles.
6. Bake
Brush a layer of oil on the baking sheet, put the rolled flat circle on the baking sheet, brush with a layer of oil, put it in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Tips
-When making the dough, you can add water or glutinous rice flour as needed to achieve a state suitable for kneading.
-When making the filling, you can use other nuts instead of walnuts.
-When baking, you can adjust the oven temperature and time moderately to achieve the best result.
Ending
Crispy Chestnut Cake is a delicious and savory traditional Chinese pastry, which requires some skill and patience, but once you master the method, you can easily make delicious chestnut cake. I hope you can try to make it and enjoy the flavor it brings.