This new and improved recipe of this Chinese bakery classic makes the pastry even flakier than before. Also, with the addition of candied winter melon, it adds a bit more texture to the filling with some sweet chewy bits.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
00:17 Part 1: Filling
4:17 Part 2: Dough
4:20 Dough 1: Water Dough
5:49 Dough 2: Oil Dough
6:24 Dough Assembly
8:37 Part 3: Assembly
10:16 Finale


WIFE CAKE 2.0 [老婆餅(新配方)] RECIPE
This recipe makes 14 wife cakes [製成十四塊]

INGREDIENTS [食材]
Filling [餡]
200g Candied Winter Melon [糖冬瓜]
2lbs Winter Melon [冬瓜]
150g Glutinous Rice Flour [糯米粉]]
80g White Sesame [白芝麻]
60g Unsalted Butter [牛油]
20g Rock Sugar [冰糖]

Wrapper [皮]
Water Dough [水皮]
150g Pastry Flour [低筋麵粉]
150g All Purpose Flour [中筋麵粉]
100ml Water [水]
50g Sugar [糖]
50g Lard [人造豬油]
1 Egg [蛋]

Oil Dough [油皮]
200g Pastry Flour [低筋麵粉]
200g Lard [人造豬油]


DIRECTIONS [製作]
Filling [饀]
1. Cube candied winter melon, set aside [糖冬瓜切碎備用]
2. Slice winter melon, blend it into slush, set aside [冬瓜切薄片放攪拌機攪碎備用]
3. Roast sesame until fragrant, set aside [芝蔴用白鑊炒香備用]
4. Roast rice flour until cooked, set aside [糯米粉用白鑊炒熟備用]
5. Cook winter melon slush until boiling, add in candied winter melon, cook until most water has evaporated, add in butter, rock sugar, continue cooking until sugar has melted, mix in sesame seeds and add in rice flour (a little bit at a time). Mix until combined. Set aside to cool [煑冬瓜茸至微滾加入糖冬瓜煮至水份蒸發加牛油和冰糖至糖溶加芝蔴拌勻分數次加入糯米粉撤底搞勻待涼。]
6. Divide it into even pieces, roll into a ball shape, set aside in the fridge [平均分小份搓圓放置在雪柜備用。]

Wrapper [皮]
Water Dough [水皮]
1. Sift pastry flour and all purpose flour, make a well, place sugar and an egg in the middle. Combine the sugar and egg together, add in water and mix until combined, then slowly incorporate the flour into the mixture. Add in lard, continue mixing and kneading until a smooth dough has formed. Wrap and set aside in fridge for 1 hour. [混合粉料過篩開穴糖和蛋放穴中先抓勻加少許水拌勻撥入粉料搓加入人造豬油搓揉成光滑麵糰包好放置雪柜一小時。]

Oil Dough [油皮]
1. Sift all purpose flour and combine it with lard until a dough has formed. Set aside in the fridge for 1 hour [粉過篩混合人造豬油搓成麵糰包好放置在雪柜一小時。]

Dough Assembly [組合麵糰]
1. Divide both the water dough and oil dough into even pieces. Flatten the water dough, place the oil dough in the middle and shape it into a ball. [取水皮和油皮平均分成同等小粒壓平水皮放油皮在中間包好搓成球狀。]
2. Roll the ball into a log shape, roll it into a flat rectangle, roll it up into a roll, flatten with your palm, fold it into thirds, set aside for 10 minutes [取球型麵糰略壓搓長用棒擀薄卷起成蛋卷狀用手壓扁摺三摺放置十分鐘。]
3. Roll it out into flat discs, set aside [取小麵糰擀成碟狀備用。]

Assembly [組合]
1. Place filling into the middle of the disc, push the filling down with your thumb as you rotate and seal the sides by pinching the seams together [將饀料放在麵皮中間包好搯實收口。]
2. Press it flat with your palm, roll it slightly thinner, slice 2 lines in the middle. Brush egg wash on top, sprinkle some sesame seeds. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Serve. [用手壓扁再擀薄在面鎅二刀掃蛋漿灑芝蔴放在焗盤中預熱焗爐350度焗三十分鐘即可。]

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Guitar Bebop3 by Kaponja
Reverse Strum by Niffshack
Blip Plock Pop by Onikage22
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