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How To Make Taiwan 3Q Mooncake (台灣3Q月餅)

written by Marvellina Updated: November 7, 2021
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Sweet bean paste, soft and chewy mochi, salted egg yolks, and meat floss are wrapped in flaky pastry is Taiwan take on modern days mooncake. The combinations of flaky, soft, chewy texture and sweet and savory taste make this 3Q mooncake really unique and so good!!!

How To Make Taiwan 3Q Mooncake (台灣3Q月餅)

What is Taiwan 3Q Mooncake

Taiwan 3Q mooncake is not a traditional Chinese mooncake you often see. It’s a modern twist from the traditional mooncake. The outer shell is flaky and flavorful. When I first saw them on Youtube, I knew immediately that I need to make this 3Q mooncake. I love that combination of texture and anything sweet and savory.

The filling consists of three elements (hence the name 3Q):
1. The sweet portion – sweet bean paste: typically red bean paste, but you can also use mung bean paste. I use sweet yam paste
2. The savory portion – salted egg yolks & neat floss: You can use pork, chicken, or fish floss. I use pork floss
3. They bouncy and chewy portion – QQ mochi: QQ means “bouncy”
How To Make Taiwan 3Q Mooncake (台灣3Q月餅)

How to make Taiwan 3Q mooncake

1. Mix all the ingredients for mochi. Strain the batter if necessary. Pour this on the pan and keep stirring over medium-low heat until the mixture started to thicken. Keep stirring until the dough leaves the side of the pan, smooth and not sticky


2. Let it cools down completely when you prepare other things

3. Prepare the water and oil dough
In a large mixing bowl, mix flour with icing sugar. Rub the shortening into the flour mixture. It will feel crumbly, resembling bread crumbs. Gradually add the water and continue to mix and knead until you form a non-sticky dough. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes


Rub the butter into the flour until it forms a smooth dough. Add food coloring and knead until the color is even. Cover and let the dough rest for 15 minutes

4. Flatten the taro paste into a circle. Put a portion of pork floss. Add salted egg yolk and then cover with a taro paste, it’s okay if you can’t cover the entire ball. Cover with a flatten mochi dough on top of the other half

5. Divide water dough into 6 portions. Divide the oil dough into 6 portions. Flatten the water dough and roll into a round circle. Place the oil dough inside. Wrap the water dough around the oil dough. So the oil dough is nested inside the water dough now. Repeat with the rest of the doughs. Keep them covered and let them rest for 30 minutes


6. Work with one dough at a time. Use a rolling pin to roll this dough into a flat oval shape

7. Roll it from the side

8. Flatten into a long log

9. Roll it up into a Swiss roll


10. Flip to its side and cut into half with a very sharp knife (serrated knife is recommended)

11. Place the cut-side facing down. Use a rolling pin to roll it out into a circle, about 7-inch in width and place the filling on top. Gather the sides to wrap the filling. Pinch to seal at the bottom


12. Brush the top with egg wash

13. Dip the top into a bowl of sesame seeds. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper

14. Use a skewer or fork tines to poke about 5-6 holes on top. This is to prevent the filling from bursting during baking

15. Place the baking sheet, 3rd rack from the top into the oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until the top is lightly golden brown.

16. Remove from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes and then remove to cooling rack to let them cool down completely

Look at that stretchy mochi inside the mooncake
How To Make Taiwan 3Q Mooncake (台灣3Q月餅)

How to store Taiwan 3Q mooncake

1. Let them cool down completely on a cooling rack
2. Put them inside a paper bag. Push all the air out and fold over. The paper bag can help to retain the crisp and flakiness at least for a day or two
3. For longer storage, put the whole paper bag inside a freezer bag. Push all the air out and seal the bag. They can be kept for up to 3 months in the freezer
4. Thaw them at room temperature and then reheat briefly in the oven or an air-fryer at 350 F for 8-10 minutes or until crisp again and the mochi will be stretchy again

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How To Make Taiwan 3Q Mooncake (台灣3Q月餅)

How To Make Taiwan 3Q Mooncake (台灣3Q月餅)

How To Make Taiwan 3Q Mooncake (台灣3Q月餅)

Prep Time 1 hour hr
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Resting the dough: 1 hour hr
Total Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Servings 12 mooncakes
5 from 2 reviews
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Ingredients

For mochi:

  • 100 gr glutinous rice flour
  • 30 gr cornstarch
  • 30 gr granulated sugar
  • 180 gr milk
  • 15 gr oil

For filling:

  • 60 gr meat floss
  • 12 salted egg yolks see notes
  • 360 gr yam/taro paste or other sweet paste of your choice

Water dough:

  • 110 gr all-purpose flour
  • 20 gr icing sugar
  • 40 gr shortening
  • 50 ml water

Oil dough:

  • 100 gr cake flour
  • 40 gr butter divided

Egg wash:

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp water
  • pinch of salt

Garnishes:

  • ¼ cup White sesame seeds or more as needed
  • ¼ cup Black sesame seeds or more as needed

Instructions
 

  • I use store-bought cooked duck eggs so I don't need to steam anymore. If yours are raw, steam the salted egg yolks for 10 minutes over medium heat and let them cool down completely
  • Divide the taro paste that has been chilled in the fridge into 12 portions, about 30 grams each. Roll into round balls, covered and keep in the fridge while you prepare the rest
  • Portion out the pork floss into 12 portions

Prepare the mochi:

  • Mix all the ingredients for mochi. Strain the batter if necessary. Pour this on the pan and keep stirring over medium-low heat until the mixture started to thicken. Keep stirring until the dough leaves the side of the pan, smooth and not sticky
  • Wrap with a plastic wrap and let it chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Oil your palms and then divide into 12 equal portions

Prepare the water dough:

  • In a large mixing bowl, mix flour with icing sugar. Rub the shortening into the flour mixture. It will feel crumbly, resembling bread crumbs. Gradually add the water and continue to mix and knead until you form a non-sticky dough. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes

Prepare the oil dough:

  • Rub the butter into the flour until it forms a smooth dough. Add food coloring and knead until the color is even. Cover and let the dough rest for 30 minutes

Assemble the filling:

  • Flatten the taro paste into a circle. Put a portion of pork floss. Add salted egg yolk and then cover with a taro paste, it's okay if you can't cover the entire ball. Cover with a flatten mochi dough on top of the other half
  • There's no right and wrong here, you can also just lightly flatten the taro paste then put a portion of pork floss on top, a salted egg yolk and a slightly flattened mochi. So it's kind of like stacking up the filling

Shaping:

  • Preheat oven to 200 C (400 F). My oven only uses bottom heat. Please adjust accordingly if you use convection top and bottom heat oven
  • Divide water dough into 6 portions. Divide the oil dough into 6 portions
  • Flatten the water dough and roll into a round circle. Place the oil dough inside. Wrap the water dough around the oil dough. So the oil dough is nested inside the water dough now. Repeat with the rest of the doughs. Keep them covered and let them rest for 30 minutes
  • Work with one dough at a time. Use a rolling pin to roll this dough into a flat oval shape. Roll it up from the side and then flatten into a long log. Roll it up into a Swiss roll. Flip to its side and cut into half with a very sharp knife (serrated knife is recommended)
  • Place the cut-side facing down. Use a rolling pin to roll it out into a circle, about 7-inch in width and place the filling on top. Gather the sides to wrap the filling. Pinch to seal at the bottom
  • Combine both white and black sesame seeds in a bowl. Brush the top with egg wash and then dip the top into a bowl of sesame seeds. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
  • Use a skewer or a fork tines to poke about 5-6 holes on top. This is to prevent the filling from bursting during baking

Baking:

  • Place the baking sheet, 3rd rack from the top into the oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until the top is lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes and then remove to cooling rack to let them cool down completely

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Mixing Bowl

Marv's Recipe Notes

You can also use only 6 salted egg yolks and cut into half to make 12 if you don't want to use one whole yolk per mooncake
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1 comment

Amanda July 30, 2022 - 4:44 am

Thank you for the wonderful recipe! I’d been craving this since I was in Taiwan pre-COVID, and it tastes just like it! I was intimidated by the flaky crust, but it worked!
Just one suggestion – I think the water and oil dough need to be doubled to make 12 cakes. The rest of the portions are good for 12.

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