June, thank you for sharing this piece of your culture with us. Delish, if you're going to make June go to a lot of effort for content, this is the type of stuff I'd love to see.
June is the reason I watch delish. She is amazing and I do not think she and her gifts are as appreciated by this company as she should be. You are a treasure June.
June - I have been an AVID fan of yours for years. I have rewatched every one of your videos at least a dozen times. I just went to my local Asian grocery store for the first time and WOW. I actually recognized and knew a lot about so many ingredients, all because of you! ❤ I felt like you were there with me. Thank you for all the joy, knowledge, and culture you share with all of us. You really make a difference.
As someone who does make mooncakes every single year, this is a really solid recipe. I do keep lye water around for noodles and moon cakes especially but I'll give this pastry a try. A note about the filling, if you want to make yours dairy free, vegetable oil will give you a cleaner flavor, but fats that are solid at room temperature make it easier to work with.
Hallo from Italy. I made a lot of mooncakes, with a lot of traditional and creative fillings. Made them from scratch (even the salted eg yolks). My favourite is the classic lotus paste/egg yolk, but a cocoa muffin paste/dried apricot is also very good. I love those filled with rusui, with chestnuts, with violet sweet potatoes, with red adzuki... I could go on and on. This is the first time I see the skin of the mooncake made with those ingredients: I use to make it with flour, jianshui, golden syrup and oil and et it rest for at least two hours. Fantastic cake!!
Love this June! My mom was from Shanghai and passed away last year. She always preferred the flaky Shanghai style of mooncake but I always secretly preferred this kind. Will give making my own mooncakes a shot this year thanks to you!
I appreciate all the detail that goes into this recipe, and I love how easy you make it look with the precise step by step, and explanations as to why not to rush the results. Once again ,my favorite cook.
Thanks for breaking the recipe down into manageable parts! I love double yolk moon cakes. Slight preference to the red bean but the lotus seed is tasty too. The mix of the sweet and salty is so good. Remember guys! It's very rich. With the small ones that June made I'd have a half of that one as dessert. With the standard size ones I'd have only a quarter of it.
I had an idea for budget eats! You always do so much with so little, I'd love to see a 'luxury' edition, where you get double your usual budget for one week so you can use pricier ingredients (think beef over chicken type thing, not like Wagyu beef over hamburger patties, that wouldn't be budget eats at all lol.) I'd also love to see you making one or more bento boxes and your thought process for what items and seasonings to pick- since the heart of a bento box is eating the food cold or room temperature, and you have a limited space to fit all the elements of a meal including carb, protein, and sides such as fruit and veggies, into not a small space per se, but its generally a tight squeeze.
I was gifted a box of moon cakes this year in advance of the moon festival. I had never seen real Chinese moon cakes before, let alone eaten one. They are such elegant little confections and I wondered how they were made. Now I do! Thanks for this video.
I don't think I ever made a June recipe. But I watch every video she makes religiously. Then I go to my kitchen and start to work with what I have on hand. That's what June is giving me : creativity !
Every year I love going to my local Asian grocer and seeing stacks of mooncake tins in all flavours as tall as me! It really is a hallmark of the Autumn season for me now. My favourite filling is lotus seeds, sometimes with the yolk, sometimes without. You make the recipe look so easy... I really want to try now!
Started my lotus seeds and beans today! I found lye water at our Asian supermarket! Thank you, June! I remember getting mooncakes in SanFrancisco as a child. When I went to buy some this year, I was shocked at how much they cost! Found your recipe and video. Thank you so much!
Sorry all you other Delish people but June is my favorite, if you guys were honest you'd probably all love her most too. I love watching the videos she's in. OK, yah sometimes she's a wee bit weird but it's the right kinda weird. Thank you for letting her be part of your online family. Pretty sure she's a fan favorite.
My mom actually taught me to split a mooncake into 8 pieces using the petals on the edge as a guide. Then we would only eat one piece a day during the week leading up to Mid-Autumn. It makes a lot of sense now: if they take basically a full week to prepare, I can see why you would want to savor them for just as long! They are also a very rich dessert by Chinese standards, so I'm sure it has to do with portion sizing as well.
Great job! Just a small tip, if you toast the yolks with a little bit of liquor spraying on the surface, you will get the oily and fragrant salted egg yolks.😋 And “中秋安康”！！🎑
Such a great video! A premium box of four can range anywhere between $50 to $85! I cannot wait to show this to my mom. The look on the her face will be nothing less than amazed! Thank you for this! I can’t wait to make this for her! ❤️
June. That was fascinating. I had no idea they took so long to make & then waiting 2 days to eat them. . .I will appreciate the Mooncakes so much more now.
growing up in NorCal and then living in Korea for 5 years, I guess the type of moon cakes we had were Taiwanese because they never had an egg yolk in the middle, but the fillings were super interesting, black sesame and mango and green tea were my favorite
We always get moon cakes when we were younger because my paternal grandma is a Chinese teacher in a Chinese school. Her students and co teachers plus the school itself gives moon cakes and rice cakes every new year. We play Moon cake festival games too were we threw dices and get prices depending on the pattern. Good ol' days ❤️ my grandma is still alive but she is retired now and resides in San Francisco. Nowadays we have to buy our own moon cake if we want to. No more giveaways. I would try this when I moved out next year when I get my own kitchen.
These look delightful. and thank you for the video. Out of curiousity, any reason not to cure your own egg yolk given all the other steps involved and the 5 day waittime?
Two days is crazy!! fresh mooncakes are literally the best food on earth 😮. Letting it sit just takes all the homemade feel out of it. Just go to a store at that point 😂
I swear, I don’t know how much Delish pays June, but it is NOT enough!! Thank you June for sharing your talents with us!
She needs a raise
I mean she did a whole series about living in poverty, so....
June, thank you for sharing this piece of your culture with us. Delish, if you're going to make June go to a lot of effort for content, this is the type of stuff I'd love to see.
June is the reason I watch delish. She is amazing and I do not think she and her gifts are as appreciated by this company as she should be. You are a treasure June.
June - I have been an AVID fan of yours for years. I have rewatched every one of your videos at least a dozen times.
I just went to my local Asian grocery store for the first time and WOW. I actually recognized and knew a lot about so many ingredients, all because of you! ❤ I felt like you were there with me. Thank you for all the joy, knowledge, and culture you share with all of us. You really make a difference.
💞💞💞
As someone who does make mooncakes every single year, this is a really solid recipe. I do keep lye water around for noodles and moon cakes especially but I'll give this pastry a try. A note about the filling, if you want to make yours dairy free, vegetable oil will give you a cleaner flavor, but fats that are solid at room temperature make it easier to work with.
Where do you purchase the lye water? Since lye is corrosive, do you use gloves when making the moon cakes?
Hallo from Italy.
I made a lot of mooncakes, with a lot of traditional and creative fillings. Made them from scratch (even the salted eg yolks). My favourite is the classic lotus paste/egg yolk, but a cocoa muffin paste/dried apricot is also very good. I love those filled with rusui, with chestnuts, with violet sweet potatoes, with red adzuki... I could go on and on. This is the first time I see the skin of the mooncake made with those ingredients: I use to make it with flour, jianshui, golden syrup and oil and et it rest for at least two hours.
Fantastic cake!!
June is literally a wonderful cook and artist. She is really inspiring and honest.
June is so creative and the only reason I watch Delish!
Love this June! My mom was from Shanghai and passed away last year. She always preferred the flaky Shanghai style of mooncake but I always secretly preferred this kind. Will give making my own mooncakes a shot this year thanks to you!
I actually like the Shanghai version more! But mum is Teochew so I susoect anything with yam paste gets an auto like from me.
It's so nice to have you back June. Thank you for showing us how to make Moon Cakes.
Wow so much effort to make these that we take for granted when buying at the bakery/grocery store. Double egg yolks are my favorite 😍
I have missed you June. Literally.
June is just perfect... I love everything she creates...
Agree!
Two June videos so close together! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The moon cakes are so beautiful…
June, your videos are food for my soul.
I'm never going to make this, BUT!!!! It looks delicious and I'm so very honored that June shares cultural recipes with us. Looking forward to more.
I appreciate all the detail that goes into this recipe, and I love how easy you make it look with the precise step by step, and explanations as to why not to rush the results. Once again ,my favorite cook.
Yes to anything June related!!!👍
June is an asset to Delish!!! Great video!!
Love to see June videos! I never knew they took so long. The designs on the mooncakes are so beautiful! They look delicious!
Wow! This was a treat to watch, as June's content usually is!!
It's simple, really. I see June, I watch video. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe and some knowledge about the culture behind it with us!
My favorite Delish creator scores again! Amazing job, June!!
Delish- June makes you.... she needs a raise. 💯
love June, she's an absolute delight
Every word that spoke is fascinating to me. It's something new and great to learn this cooking.
Thank you so much June! This is a labor of love and you did a wonderful job! Please keep up the great work!
Thanks for breaking the recipe down into manageable parts! I love double yolk moon cakes. Slight preference to the red bean but the lotus seed is tasty too. The mix of the sweet and salty is so good. Remember guys! It's very rich. With the small ones that June made I'd have a half of that one as dessert. With the standard size ones I'd have only a quarter of it.
June makes me want to eat things I would never otherwise consider eating. I adore June.
I had an idea for budget eats! You always do so much with so little, I'd love to see a 'luxury' edition, where you get double your usual budget for one week so you can use pricier ingredients (think beef over chicken type thing, not like Wagyu beef over hamburger patties, that wouldn't be budget eats at all lol.) I'd also love to see you making one or more bento boxes and your thought process for what items and seasonings to pick- since the heart of a bento box is eating the food cold or room temperature, and you have a limited space to fit all the elements of a meal including carb, protein, and sides such as fruit and veggies, into not a small space per se, but its generally a tight squeeze.
I was gifted a box of moon cakes this year in advance of the moon festival. I had never seen real Chinese moon cakes before, let alone eaten one. They are such elegant little confections and I wondered how they were made. Now I do! Thanks for this video.
I don't think I ever made a June recipe. But I watch every video she makes religiously. Then I go to my kitchen and start to work with what I have on hand. That's what June is giving me : creativity !
Every year I love going to my local Asian grocer and seeing stacks of mooncake tins in all flavours as tall as me! It really is a hallmark of the Autumn season for me now. My favourite filling is lotus seeds, sometimes with the yolk, sometimes without. You make the recipe look so easy... I really want to try now!
This year, my mom bought moon cake from local market. It was so fresh, the filling was still gooey. Love it..
Now I know how to make moon cakes! Thank you June for teaching us something new!
Wow. No idea it was this much effort. They look amazing!
Started my lotus seeds and beans today! I found lye water at our Asian supermarket! Thank you, June! I remember getting mooncakes in SanFrancisco as a child. When I went to buy some this year, I was shocked at how much they cost! Found your recipe and video. Thank you so much!
June, continuing to be the BEST part of delish.
Much respect on your mad skills!
Sorry all you other Delish people but June is my favorite, if you guys were honest you'd probably all love her most too. I love watching the videos she's in. OK, yah sometimes she's a wee bit weird but it's the right kinda weird. Thank you for letting her be part of your online family. Pretty sure she's a fan favorite.
My mom actually taught me to split a mooncake into 8 pieces using the petals on the edge as a guide. Then we would only eat one piece a day during the week leading up to Mid-Autumn. It makes a lot of sense now: if they take basically a full week to prepare, I can see why you would want to savor them for just as long! They are also a very rich dessert by Chinese standards, so I'm sure it has to do with portion sizing as well.
As always, well done June! You're my favorite to watch!
Oh how beautiful!!! I’ve never had a moon cake!! I’m not sure I’d like them but I’d love to try one!!❤
June's videos are the best!
THANK YOU SHOWING AND SHARING THIS RECIPE FOR MOONCAKES
As always I am equally impressed and intrigued by June.
I LOVED watching this! Thank you June for sharing 😊 ❤️
Thanks 😊 for mooning 🌝 us!! Beautiful 🤩!!
love love love june❤
Great job! Just a small tip, if you toast the yolks with a little bit of liquor spraying on the surface, you will get the oily and fragrant salted egg yolks.😋 And “中秋安康”！！🎑
June you are amazing.
I like the effort honesty because it's hard to justify. I tried it once maybe a decade ago, it came out well but never felt the urge to do it again.
These are so beautiful 😍 and I love the reference to the harvest moon. My favorite full moon 🌒
God bless this video 💫🍥✨🥮
Love you June!
Such a great video! A premium box of four can range anywhere between $50 to $85! I cannot wait to show this to my mom. The look on the her face will be nothing less than amazed! Thank you for this! I can’t wait to make this for her! ❤️
this looks amazing june!
Love all your videos June your the best!
Love these, I drive an hour every year for them
June. That was fascinating. I had no idea they took so long to make & then waiting 2 days to eat them. . .I will appreciate the Mooncakes so much more now.
My favorite is a white lotus interior! Have a wonderful mid autumn festival!!
100% making these, I love how festive this Chinese cultural tradition is, totally worth the several days required 💛💛💛
I missed moon cakes this year and this fulfilled that need. Thanks!
June, you're the best. That's all.
holy moly june they look amaze balls
Oh June, they look delicious, you make it look easy and I love how you describe the food, the process, the taste!!! I am 🤤🤤🤤🤤 x
growing up in NorCal and then living in Korea for 5 years, I guess the type of moon cakes we had were Taiwanese because they never had an egg yolk in the middle, but the fillings were super interesting, black sesame and mango and green tea were my favorite
I never like moon cake but I still finish the whole video. I just appreciate the beauty of the mooncake
Omg flashback to learning about this in Sagwa
These look incredible!! ♥️
Just love June !!! Love seeing how to make moon cakes .
They look so good.
I’ll be making this but vegan 🌱 yum I love June so much !!
We always get moon cakes when we were younger because my paternal grandma is a Chinese teacher in a Chinese school. Her students and co teachers plus the school itself gives moon cakes and rice cakes every new year. We play Moon cake festival games too were we threw dices and get prices depending on the pattern. Good ol' days ❤️ my grandma is still alive but she is retired now and resides in San Francisco. Nowadays we have to buy our own moon cake if we want to. No more giveaways. I would try this when I moved out next year when I get my own kitchen.
Love this 💜💜thanks June
June, they look perfect! Holy crap!
Beautiful moon-cakes June.
The colour is so pretty!!
My goodness! Moon cakes require commitment!
I've been waiting for this! Thanks, June!
So pretty & looks so delicious!!!
I’d love to try one. You’re so dope June ❤
These look so delicious June!!
Excellent explanation 👏🏻👏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻
You are truly amazing June
Enjoying watching your mooncake video.Will try to make them next year.☺ Thank you for sharing June😍
I ordered some mooncakes just the other day. Maybe next year I'll try to make them by hand (or not!) Thanks again for another great video, June.
I always try and get mine from The Peninsula, they are divine 😋
I'm allergic to the lye, so thanks June for this recipe. I like them without the egg yolk, so I'm looking forward to giving these a try...
Finally more if June 🥳🥳🥳 i miss budget eats though - please more of that!!? ❤️
One of my colleagues gave me one today! I was skeptical but now I can't wait to try it!
I wish I was the kind of person to make these. But I'm the kind of person who watches someone else make them.
Five Day recipes is its own series. A little step to do every week night for a fun reward Friday night.
These look delightful. and thank you for the video. Out of curiousity, any reason not to cure your own egg yolk given all the other steps involved and the 5 day waittime?
Quickest time for cured yoke is 28 days and whites will be salty af. Best bet just buy the yoke
@@ihatetibet I had decent luck with curing the yolk in salt, and after that in the oven at a low temp to dehydrate them for an hour or two
Two days is crazy!! fresh mooncakes are literally the best food on earth 😮. Letting it sit just takes all the homemade feel out of it. Just go to a store at that point 😂
Love this!
Happy festivities june
These are so beautiful june’ I’ve never seen moon cakes made from scratch because I’ve always heard that it’s incredibly difficult.
Mandy from Souped up recipes did a video on mooncakes with pineapple filling. I would like to try any of these versions, they all look great.
Happy Moon Festival Day!