Macau Husband Cake
Macau Husband Cake is a savory flaky pastry with layers of crispy crust and a fragrant filling of pepper-salt and pork floss, offering a unique and delicious taste.
Ingredients
14 items- All-purpose flour 200g
- Lard 60g
- Sugar 20g
- Water 100ml
- Cake flour 150g
- Lard 75g
- Cooked glutinous rice flour 100g
- Pork floss 80g
- Icing sugar 50g
- Pepper salt 10g
- Toasted white sesame seeds 30g
- Lard 30g
- Egg yolk 1
- White sesame seeds as needed
Nutrition
Steps （10 steps）
Make filling: Mix cooked glutinous rice flour, pork floss, icing sugar, pepper salt, and sesame seeds. Add melted lard and a little water, knead into a dough. Divide into 12 balls.
Make water-oil dough: Combine flour, sugar, and lard. Add water and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
Make oil dough: Rub cake flour and lard together into a uniform dough. Cover and rest for 15 minutes.
Divide both doughs into 12 equal portions each. Roll into balls and cover with plastic wrap.
Flatten a water-oil dough piece, wrap an oil dough ball inside, seal tightly, and place seam-side down.
First rolling: Roll the wrapped dough into an oval about 15cm long, roll up like a log. Cover and rest for 15 minutes.
Second rolling: Place the roll vertically, roll out again into a long strip, roll up, cover, and rest for 15 minutes.
Take a roll, press the ends together, flatten into a round, wrap with filling, seal well, and gently flatten.
Make two slashes on the surface (cut through the pastry), brush with egg yolk, and sprinkle white sesame seeds.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-25 minutes until golden and flaky. Let cool on a rack.
Tips
1. For oil dough, lard can be used directly from fridge without softening. 2. Resting between rollings is crucial to prevent the pastry from tearing. 3. The slashes must cut through the pastry to avoid excessive puffing. 4. Adjust baking time based on your oven; watch the color in the last minutes.
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