Egg Tarts

This has been our family's all time "tim sum" favourite, the traditional chinese restaurant in the 70's serve was flaky skin pastry utilizing mainly lard . Though some of the restaurant here still serving the flaky skin type, but the taste is un-competible since it has been replace by crisco for a more healthy choice.

I planned to bake this using traditional flaky skin recipe which i found on web, but has last minute changed my mind as the fats required on oil dough for both crisco & butter are too heavy . Alternatively , go for the crust pastry skin which is equally good after all we are after the egg custard.

Mooncakes

Time really flies, it seems just like yesterday when I started my first mooncakes bake last year after got hold of the "mooncake" recipe book published by Y3K. I focus more on snow skin with custard filling & champagne truffles last year since i was just a beginner , had a small trial on traditional baked towards the end of my baking schedule, it was not that tough as i first thought.
This year, to give a little twist, I started the baked version first, since it require at lease 3 days for the pastry to "stabalize", I personally feel the most details part is the glazing , you really need a good quality brush to tackle this "critical" task as it affect the appearance of your moonies.
One recipe I will not missed is the flaky skin yam paste , I enjoyed most on preparing the pastry dough, but since the yam paste won't keep long, I will have to bake them in a few batches before giving away.