Red Bean Pastry

Have some left over red bean filling in the fridge..search around any good snack for the monster on afternoon tea time.

Saw this beautiful fan pastry recipe, the outcome is great and easy to prepared.

Adapted: Kitchen Flavours

Fan Pastry

Water Dough

120 gm flour
1/4 teaspoon maltose or golden syrup
20 gm sugar
35 gm shortening
65 gm water

Oil Dough

100 gm flour
60 gm shortening

Filling

400 gm red bean paste

Method :

Water Dough : 

Mix all the ingredients to form a smooth dough. Divide it into 16 parts of 15 gm each.

Oil Dough : 

Mix all the ingredients to form a smooth paste. Divide it into 16 parts of 10gm each.

Filling : 

Divide the red bean paste into 16 parts of 25 gm each.

Method to assemble:

1. Wrap the oil dough with water dough.
2. Roll out the dough into thin sheet. Then roll it up like Swiss Roll. Repeat this step one more time. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
3. Flatten the above dough and wrap the filling in.
4. Roll out the dough flat using a rolling pin. Along the round edge cut the pastry into 8 equal portions about 2.5cm thick. 
5. Twist the edges into petal shapes. Egg wash twice and stick some black sesame seeds at the centre.
6. Bake at 200C for 20-25 minutes.

If the doughs is wet, especially the Oil Dough. Added about 1-2 tablespoons flour to the Water Dough and about 2-3 tablespoons flour to the Oil Dough.