Two Tone Fried Puff Pastry (莲花酥)

Ingredients:

【Skin A】
-  All purpose flour - 2 cup
-  Butter / Lard - 1/2 cup
- Water - 1/2 cup
- Sugar - 1 TBSP
- Wilton food color gel, Red
【Skin B】
- Cake flour - 1.5 cup
- Corn oil - 1/3 cup
【Filling】:
- Red bean pastry filling
【Coating】:
- Egg yolk wash - 1 egg yolk + 1 TBSP water, mix well
- Sesame seeds

Steps:

1. Melt butter in microwave
2. Add all ingredients for Skin A to warm butter. Knead to smooth dough, and let it sit for 20 minutes.
3. Knead ingredients for skin B into a dough, and let it sit for 15 minutes.
4. Split dough A in two, and use food color to dye one dough red.
4. Portion the dough A and dough B into small balls, about 10-11g for skin A, and 6-7 g for skin B.

5. Wrap each dough B into dough A, and round it to a ball. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough into oval shape, then roll into a bundle. Repeat in the other direction.

9. Use rolling pin to make round wrapper. Overlap one white skin A with one red skin A, and then wrap the filling (about 30g) in side.  Use knife to cut through the skin.

10. Fill a pot with oil that can immerse the whole pastry. Fry the pastry over medium heat until the skin puffs up.