Crystal Jade Lotus Paste Jelly Mooncakes

Recipe

Ingredients
Egg yolk
200g water
40g sugar
1tsp agar-agar powder
1tbsp fresh milk/evaporated milk
few drops of orange food colouring

Green strips jelly
200g water
40g sugar
1tsp agar-agar powder
2tsp fresh milk/evaporated milk
few drops of green food colouring

Filling
200g water
40g sugar
1 1/4tsp agar-agar powder
100g lotus paste
50g coconut milk

Pastry
400g water
50g sugar
2tsp agar-agar powder
3 blades pandan leaves

Steps:
Egg yolk:
1. Boil water, sugar and agar-agar powder together until sugar and agar-agar powder dissolved.
2. Remove from fire and stir in the milk and colouring.
3. Pour into the ice-cube mould and leave it to set.

Green strips jelly:
1. Boil water, sugar and agar-agar powder together until sugar and agar-agar powder dissolved.
2. Remove from fire and stir in the milk and colouring.
3. Pour into a container and leave it to set.
4. Use a grater and grate the jelly into fine strips.

Filling:
1. Boil water, sugar and agar-agar powder together until sugar and agar-agar powder dissolved.
2. Remove from fire and stir in the coconut milk and lotus paste until well combined.
3. Return to fire and bring to a boil.
4. Pour mixture into mould and place an egg yolk into the agar-agar.
5. Leave it to set.
6. Remove agar-agar from mould, use a fork and scratch on it surface. (This allow the filling to stick onto the pastry.)

Pastry:
1. Boil water, pandan leaves, sugar and agar-agar powder together until sugar and agar-agar powder dissolved.
2. Remove from fire.

Assemble the jelly:
1. Spoon some grated jelly into the mould and pour the pastry mixture into the mould about 1/4 full.
2. Let it half set then place the filling onto the jelly.
3. Spoon some more grated jelly onto it and fill up the mould with the pastry mixture.
4. Leave it to set and chill in the fridge.
5. Loosen the side of the agar-agar, invert it and gentle press the agar-agar out of the mould.