Red Bean Puff Pastry(红豆酥)

This is adapted from Junsome's Lotus Seed Pastry recipe. It does use lark or clarified butter and the result is good.

Ingredients

【Skin A】:
-  All purpose flour - 150g
-  Butter - 60g
- Sugar - 40g
- Water - 40g
【Skin B】:
- Cake flour - 90g
- Corn oil - 45ml
【Filling】:
- Red bean pastry filling
- Or other pastry filling such as green bean, lotus seed, or purple yam
【Coating】:
- Egg yolk wash - 1 egg yolk + 1 TBSP water, mix well
- Sesame seeds

Steps

1. Melt the butter with microwave
2. Add all ingredients for Skin A to warm butter. Knead to smooth dough, and let it sit for 20 minutes.
3. Mix ingredients for skin B into a dough, and let it sit for 15 minutes.
4. Portion the dough A and dough B into 16 balls each.

5. Wrap each dough B into dough A, and round it to a ball.

6. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough into oval shape, then fold the skin two times.

7. Repeat step 6 for two more times. Then roll the dough into a round skin, wrap in the pastry filling.

8. Brush the pastry with egg yolk wash. (Optional: you can also sprinkle with sesames).

9. Bake in preheated 390°F(200°C) oven for 25 minutes.