Chocolate Durian Snowskin Mooncake (Mooncake Making Demo)

For the chocolate and durian lovers, this Snowskin Mooncake is combines the best of both worlds.  As a Snowskin Mooncake lover, I enjoyed the chocolate taste of the Mooncake skin with the richness of the durian paste.

Chocolate and Durian Snowskin Mooncakes (10 large ones of 125 g each)
Recipe by Phoon Huat 

(Note: The Mooncakes shown in the picture were made by the chef doing the baking demonstration)

Ingredients

Snowskin

• Kou Fen 150 g (Cooked glutinous rice flour)
• Icing sugar 180 g
• Shortening 80 g
• Water 100 ml
• Cocoa powder, sifted 35 g

Filling

• Durian paste filling 750 g

Method

• Mix Kou Fen, cocoa powder and icing sugar together. Rub in shortening till the mixture is like crumbs.
• Add in water and mix well. Knead it for a few minutes till it becomes a smooth dough.
• Wrap the Snowskin dough in cling warp and let it rest for 15 minutes.
• Roll the durian paste into balls of 75 g each.
• Divide the Snowskin dough into balls of 50 g each. Flatten each piece of dough and place one ball of durian paste into it. Enclose the durian paste with the Snowskin dough and place inside the Mooncake mould.
• Remove from mould and refrigerate before serving.

Here is the chef demonstrating how to wrap and shape the Snowskin Mooncake.