Traditional red bean puff pastry recipe

Recipe Red bean puff pastry 豆沙酥饼

Have you tried this lovely red bean puff pastry before? They are crispy and also served warm, but also good at room temperature. Let’s get started!

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Red bean Pastry 豆沙酥饼

Have you tried this lovely red bean puff pastry before? They are crispy and also best served warm, but also good at room temperature. Let's get started!

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Cook Time 1 hour hr

Servings 9 Puff pastries

Ingredients

  

Puff Pastry

• 40 g Water (at room temperature)
• 150 g All-purpose flour
• 60 g Boiling Water

Dough

• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 80 g All-purpose flour
• 40 g Sunflower oil
• 320 g Red bean paste
• 1 tbsp Water
• Sesame seed

Instructions

 

Dough 面团

• Add 150g all-purpose flour, 60g boiling water & 40g water (at room temperature) to a large mixing bowl.
• Stir it until the dough begins to hold together in a ball.
• Use a cling film to cover the top of the mixing bowl and rest the dough for 15 minutes.
• After 15 minutes, knead the dough until the surface becomes smooth.
• Rest the dough for 1 hour.

Puff pastry 油酥

• Add 80g all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 40g sunflower oil in a large mixing bowl. Mix it using a silicone spatula.
• Divide the mixture into 4 portions (in 4 balls).
• Stir it until the dough begins to hold together in a ball.
• Divide 320g of red bean paste into 8 portions (each of which should weigh 40g) and roll it into a ball shape.

Dough + Puff Pastry

• Divide the dough into 4 portions.
• For each of the dough, make a bowl shape, and place the “puff pastry” into the dough, and seal it. Repeat for 4 times.
• Use a rolling pin, press it against the dough to produce a flat layer.
• Roll up the thin layer and cut it in half.
• Repeat the process 4 times; you should have 8 dough pieces now.
• To produce a beautiful layering effect, again, use a rolling pin, to get a flat layer.
• Now, wrap one red bean ball within the flat layer and seal it. Press it gently.
• In a small bowl, add 1 cup of water and 1 tbsp of flour and mix it gently.
• Brush the mixture onto the dough surface (from step 7) before sprinkling the white sesame seeds.
• Flip the dough and repeat the same process (step 9) for another surface.

Frying Process

• Pour the oil over to a frying pan until it covers the whole surface.
• At medium heat, place the dough onto the oil and press it gently against the pan surface.
• Flip to the other side and fry both sides until it turns golden brown.
• Ready to serve!