Guangdong

Jau gok

Name: Jau gok
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Cantonese
Ingredients: 2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3 tbsp or lard butter; 1 egg; 1/3 cup water; 3/4 cup roasted, finely chopped peanuts; 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds; 1/2 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut); 1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp sugar; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying, about 80 g absorbed

Crimped crescent pastries stuffed with peanuts, sesame and coconut. Purses of gold for the new year.

90 minTime

7 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayFried pastry crescents filled with peanuts, sesame, coconut and sugar.

The original

352kcalsame

7 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

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Jau gok, Cantonese New Year dumplings.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Butter3 tbsp, or lard

Egg1

Water⅓ cup

Peanuts¾ cup, roasted, finely chopped

Sesame seeds¼ cup, toasted

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)½ cup

Sugar⅓ cup plus 1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying, about 80 g absorbed

Method

5 steps

1Rub the butter into the flour, then add the egg and water and knead to a smooth dough. Rest 20 minutes.
2Mix the peanuts, sesame, coconut and sugar.
3Roll the dough thin and cut 8 cm rounds. Place a spoon of filling on one half, fold and seal.
4Crimp the edge by folding and pinching it into a rope pattern.
5Fry in oil at 170°C in batches until golden, about 3 minutes. Drain and cool completely before storing.

Serve it like this

Pile in a lidded tray or red tin and serve with tea at room temperature.

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