Traditional Chinese Mooncakes (With 2 Fillings)

Mooncakes are something you typically seen bought at the store for the mid-autumn festival. But maybe, you can make your own homemade mooncakes and make whatever kind of filling you'd like!

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[KimPingpong]

My mom just made these a few days ago. I just showed her your video and she said: "oh it's this funny dude again"

[saftabi]

Anyone else here because they watched "Over the Moon" and curiosity about these treats got the better of you?

[faye]

you know, growing up in Hong Kong, never ever anyone in my life ever considered making mooncake at home. Everyone just tries to find the best place to buy their mooncakes. People who made their own and share them are unicorns.
So imagine how weird it is to watch Josh making this

[saraferguson]

“Size matters here today, boys” I died 😂

[ahhin]

damnnnn as fan from Hong Kong, I approved your mooncake is legit!!!
btw I dont really think we would put salted duck egg yolk in the red bean paste one, but 100% in the lotus bean one.
you will find the tastiness into a whole new level.
There are two ways to do that tho, you can stuff the whole egg yolk in the cake (traditional one), or smash the egg yolk into a paste and mix with little sugar and milk to be (奶皇), this is the lighter one and more popular one in recent years.

[livinghoomanbean]

Watching this, you realize that Joshua and Gordon Ramsey are the very few non-Asian chefs who actually take the time to research on how to make actual authentic Asian food, using the correct ingredients and procedures.
No wonder they're so respected.

[acetpang]

My family is chinese and I grew up with mooncakes and these look super authentic. My mother gave this recipe the nod of approval. I really live for these authentic, no-skimping recipes that we can learn from. I mean this is the cultural diffusion of America at its finest. Love it. Keep up the amazing work!!

[KittyConnie]

As a Chinese American I’ve somehow still never tried to make these by myself. Can’t wait to surprise my mom with these!

[zy]

Finally a non Chinese that actually cooks Chinese food respectfully!!!

[lightnight]

"Trypophobia Warning"
Haha I don't hav-AGH WHY DOES THAT LOOK SO WRONG!

[ReiaLily]

Don’t worry Josh, I’m Chinese and I don’t like the egg yolks either.

[OnlyTheParanoidSurvive]

Also can I just say the quality of your videos is incredible. I've been here for awhile and the quality has improved so much without losing the integrity and passion for cooking! These videos are WORKS of ART now. Keep it up!!

[Shred_Tube]

My family is West-Indian and in the Caribbean we have our own take on Chinese Mooncakes. The recipe is very similar but made with local Caribbean ingredients. We call them “black eye” which is short for “black eye cake”

[birbrkewl]

I'm a cantonese person and I can say that you ALMOST perfected these moon cakes! they're absolutely gorgeous and I look forward to even more of your cooking!

[faytong]

Thanks for this video! I’ve made it from scratch many moons ago! (Like 30 years ago!) I made my dough with flour, eggs and molasses! I had the traditional wooden molds that you inverted and banged on a table to get the pastry out!

[Bdubs-nope]

Josh's mom had the same reaction to her professional chef son's exotic food that my mom has when I occasionally make banana bread lol

[haileythurston]

I tried these for the first time just this week! I despise red bean paste in any other form but it was AMAZING in moon cakes. I've been craving more ever since 🤤

[JustinWPruett]

Josh: “...find in an Asian Market.”

Also Josh: “Pardner.”

[Illegal_Immigrant]

this has reminded me of a childhood cartoon, Sagwa the Chinese Siamese cat. thanks

[jrRabet]

he makes it seem so easy. here i am at 2:20 in the morning finally baking after starting this recipe yesterday morning. i got some very nice looking mooncakes. still baking, so let's see how they come out.