Dragon Fruit Sesame Agar Agar Mooncake

My first agar agar mooncake for this year mid-autumn festival! :D This is also my first time adding a mock egg yolk into the agar agar mooncake!! With the 'egg yolk' in the middle makes the 'mooncake' even more realistic hehehe...

Ingredient
Mock Egg Yolk

• 200ml carrot juice
• 1.5 tsp agar agar powder
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp soy milk powder

Method

1. Stir agar agar powder, sugar and soy milk powder into carrot juice.
2. Bring to boil. Pour into egg yolk mould and chill to set.

Ingredient
Black Sesame Filling

• 30gm black sesame, washed & fry till fragrant
• 100ml thick coconut milk
• pinch of salt
• 300ml thin coconut milk
• 1.5 tsp agar agar powder
• 120gm light brown sugar
• 2 blade pandan leaves, shredded

Method

1. Blend black sesame & salt with thick coconut milk till fine.
2. Place thin coconut milk, agar agar powder, brown sugar & pandan leaves in a pot.
3. Bring to boil till agar agar powder & brown sugar dissolves. Discard pandan leaves.
4. Stir in black sesame mixture and mix evenly. Remove from fire.
5. Pour mixture into small mould abt 1.5-2cm high. Set slightly. Insert a mock egg yolk into the centre of the black sesame agar agar. Chill till set.

Dragon Fruit Pastry (makes 8 normal size mooncakes)

• 150gm red dragon fruit puree
• 100gm fine sugar
• 3 tsp agar agar powder
• 500ml thin coconut milk
• 2 blades pandan leaves, cut

Method

1. Place sugar, agar agar powder, coconut milk & pandan leaves into a pot. Bring to boil.
2. Stir till sugar dissolves. Turn off heat. Discard pandan leaves. Stir in fruit puree.
3. Pour mixture into mooncake mould till 1/4 full. Set slightly. Insert a black sesame filling into each mould. Fill up with dragon fruit pastry mixture. Chill till set before unmoulding.

I am submitting this recipe post to Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September 2011) hosted by Happy Home Baking