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Steamed Green Pear Cake Decorated with Water Caltrop

A home-style Steamed Green Pear Cake Decorated with Water Caltrop made with Plain Flour, Peanut Butter, Spinach Juice, Glutinous Flour, and Sugar. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 90 g
• 45 g
• 150 g
• 35 g
• 75 g
• 1 tsp
• 1/8 tsp

Method (preview)

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   To prepare and cook: 1.

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   For sesame paste filling, stir-fry sesame seeds in a dry, heated wok until golden.

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   Set a quarter aside and grind rest to powder.

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   Stir-fry flour in a dry wok, over a low flame, all slightly yellow.

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   Then sift it.

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   Mix all filling ingredients together.

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   Place in refrigerator until firm.

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   Heat spinach juice or water.

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   Pour hot liquid into a mixing bowl containing wheat starch and glutinous flour.

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    Mix well.

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    Remove mixture to a clean working surface and add remaining ingredients one a time, working up a smooth texture.

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    For pear shaping, form spinach-dyed dough into small balls of approximately 4 g each.

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    Flatten round discs.

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    Do same for uncoloured dough.

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    Place one uncoloured disc on top of a dyed dough disc.

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    Place a small portion of sesame paste filling on top, and mould discs upwards around it to form pear shape.

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    Stick one dry twiglet into top end of pear shape.

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    Press lightly on bottom of pear shape to form a firm base.

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    Steam for 3 to 5 minutes. (If shrimp roe not available, chocolate powder could be dusted over the pears after they have cooled.) (The water caltrop garnish recipe is not included. it is also steamed dough with colouring.)