Flaky Century Egg Pastries

Name: Flaky Century Egg Pastries (Pei Dan Soh )
Yield: Makes 30–35
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: lard; red ginger slices; cooking oil; sugar; white sesame seeds; medium-gluten flour; egg; dai garn fun; water; zong garn fun; low-gluten flour; seed paste; eggs

Pei Dan Soh

Preparation info

Makes
30–35

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Dim Sum

By Chan Chen Hei

Published 2005

About

These gold nugget-shaped pastries were once presented as gifts during Chinese weddings. The pastry crust is similar to that of Wife Cakes (Loh Por Paeng).

Ingredients

Lotus seed paste	200 g
Cent

Asia
China
Pastry
Starter
Baking

Method

Combine first dough ingredients to form a dough.
Combine second dough ingredients to form a dough.
Roll first dough out on a floured surface until it is large enough to enclose second dough. Place second dough in the middle of first dough and bring sides up to enclose. Roll out combined dough and fold in the sides of the dough. Repeat the process of rol