I Made Bacon Egg and Cheese Mooncakes

Don’t knock it till you try it… Bacon Egg and Cheese Mooncake

Mooncakes with cured egg yolks are traditional for celebrating mid-autumn festival, but I actually got the idea for bacon mooncakes from my favorite flavor… which is a sweet pork mooncake called, XianRouyuebing.

So this BEC Mooncake is kind of a combo of those two popular flavors… but with some cheese powder in the crust.

For the Eggs
4 Egg Yolks
A hefty amount of salt

For the Crust
60g pastry flour
10g cheese powder
45g Maple Syrup
2g Lye Water

For the Filling
15g Maple Syrup
200g Bacon (Ground, Boiled, and/or Crispy)

-Cure the eggs by surrounding them in salt for 2 days. (1 day if you want it less salty) You can do this in the eggshells themselves by washing the shell, placing some salt in the shell, then the yolk, then topping it off with more salt.

-Once cured, wash the yolks gently and bake at 200F//90C for 1 hour.

-For the filling, I preferred a mix of all three, but if you use only raw bacon, just try to use the leanest bacon possible to avoid too much grease inside the mooncake. (The raw x boiled bacon was the only combo that didn't really mold together nicely)

- For the crust, combine all the ingredients and then add additional pastry flour until the dough doesn’t stick when pushed. You CAN use AP flour for this, but make sure that you do very little kneading and try to use as little flour as possible.

-Form each ball with one egg yolk, 50g filling, and 50g crust

-Roll out the crust between two sheets of parchment paper, because it is sticky when thin.

-Surround the ball of filling completely before pressing in the mold

-Freeze for about 30-45 minutes before baking at 350F//175C for 20 minutes
Enjoy! Happy Mid Autumn Festival!

#mooncakes #chinesefood #bacon #midautumnfestival #cooking

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Don’t knock it till you try it… Bacon Egg and Cheese Mooncake

Mooncakes with cured egg yolks are traditional for celebrating mid-autumn festival, but I actually got the idea for bacon mooncakes from my favorite flavor… which is a sweet pork mooncake called, XianRouyuebing.

So this BEC Mooncake is kind of a combo of those two popular flavors… but with some cheese powder in the crust.

For the Eggs
4 Egg Yolks
A hefty amount of salt

For the Crust
60g pastry flour
10g cheese powder
45g Maple Syrup
2g Lye Water

For the Filling
15g Maple Syrup
200g Bacon (Ground, Boiled, and/or Crispy)

-Cure the eggs by surrounding them in salt for 2 days. (1 day if you want it less salty) You can do this in the eggshells themselves by washing the shell, placing some salt in the shell, then the yolk, then topping it off with more salt.

-Once cured, wash the yolks gently and bake at 200F//90C for 1 hour.

-For the filling, I preferred a mix of all three, but if you use only raw bacon, just try to use the leanest bacon possible to avoid too much grease inside the mooncake. (The raw x boiled bacon was the only combo that didn't really mold together nicely)

- For the crust, combine all the ingredients and then add additional pastry flour until the dough doesn’t stick when pushed. You CAN use AP flour for this, but make sure that you do very little kneading and try to use as little flour as possible.

-Form each ball with one egg yolk, 50g filling, and 50g crust

-Roll out the crust between two sheets of parchment paper, because it is sticky when thin.

-Surround the ball of filling completely before pressing in the mold

-Freeze for about 30-45 minutes before baking at 350F//175C for 20 minutes
Enjoy! Happy Mid Autumn Festival!

#mooncakes #chinesefood #bacon #midautumnfestival #cooking

[idkyoutubeneedsausernamenow]

Don't worry 😂 Some company in Hong Kong has made beef wellington mooncakes for a few years now, and i heard they aren't bad. Maybe savoury mooncakes is the new trend

[STAIRDROPPER]

When the east meets the west

Truly a silk road moment

[brucetidwell]

I will be honest and say that these do sound like an abomination, but curing egg yolks in their shell without using a pound of salt really is a game changer! You also sent me down a rabbit hole to find out what lye water is. Thanks!

[castallyourspells]

there's a style of mooncake (shanghai-style, xianrou yuebing) that has a sweet-salty pork filling so honestly this isn't very far fetched

[MintyArisato]

Fusion food is the best! Cultures bond the most over FOOD, because we all love to eat. It’s so fun learning techniques or using staple ingredients from another culture. These look super tasty.

[wert]

Funnily enough, I've had five seed(五仁月餅) with cured pork mixed in, so this isn't as far fetched as it seems

[amiibunny]

I'm Vietnamese and we have savory mooncakes called "Pork and seed mooncakes" or "Bánh Trung thu nhân thập cẩm". This kind of mooncake has both a savory and sweet taste but traditionally the fillings are all well cooked, the purpose of baking is just for the crust to be cooked. That's why only the 3-way combo looks good because when the raw meat inside is cooked it makes the crust look soggy and unappetizing

[tren-ym]

Man, that boiled bacon is never gonna leave my nightmares

[Boxhead]

This is the boiled bacon guy! Get him!

[gabedr]

I’m so glad you’re safe Zammy! Thank you for the update. Hope to see more of your videos ^_^

[petersarubbi]

So.... Chinese McGriddle? 😁

Looks fantastic...😋

[therealyesmanjr]

when i say let him cook THIS is what i mean

[accountid]

I'm so happy I live in an era where global cultures are mixing together to this degree.

[ZayedRayhan]

Thank you for showing your experimentation process in the video, it’s nice to see the thought that goes into the final version of the recipe

[lynnette]

🤤that looks so delicious. I always wanted to try moon cakes 🥮. bacon in a moon cake that sounds like heaven right there. 🤤🤤🤤

[phungan]

I'm of Vietnamese-Chinese background and I think this gentleman's innovation with our food is wonderful!

[aputsasana]

Just got an oven, i will be trying this in a couple of days!

[LeonaDwoske]

I make English pork pies using a moon press but 1st i flatten the dough with a tortilla press. LOL the ultimate fusion food.

[TheJelleyMan]

Dude. That salted egg yoke trick is great! Thank you.