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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Mandarin/Shanghai Pancake


Another recipe for the Chinese Pancake... All in we have 3 recipe from a different person. You decide which one you want to try.

This is from Kuali, The Star Online.

Ingredients
Filling:
  • Use any ready-made red bean paste or lotus seed paste.

    Skin:
    Pastry A:
  • 300g flour
  • 125ml water
  • 80g shortening

    Pastry B:
  • 85g f1our
  • 50g shortening

    Method
    Combine ingredients for pastry a well toform a soft dough. Mix ingredients for pastry b to form an oil dough. Divide dough (A) into two equal portions. Divide dough (B) into two equal portions.

    Roll dough (A) flat. Place dough (B) in the centre. Fold dough (A) to cover up the oil dough (B). Roll out into a rectangle. Fold the sides to the centre again and roll out flat again into a rectangle.

    Place 125g lotus seed paste in the centre. Cover up the lotus paste with the sides of the pastry. Deep-fry the pancake in oil till golden brown. Cut into slices and serve when cold.