Pastry Wrapped Rice Cake
Pastry Wrapped Rice Cake. Wrap the rice cake with pie crust or puff pastry. Lightly press down on the overlapping pie crust to prevent it from opening up. Then, place them in the fryer basket. They are a must to welcome the new year! Chinese rice cake (nian-gao) Pie crust or puff pastry Egg wash. Make Pastry Wrapped Rice Cake using 3 ingredients and 4 steps easily.
Ingredients
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You need of Chinese rice cake (nian-gao)
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Prepare of Pie crust or puff pastry
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It’s of Egg wash
Steps
- Line the fryer basket with a lightly greased aluminum foil..
- Cut rice cake into 1/2 inch thick pieces. Wrap the rice cake with pie crust or puff pastry and place them in the fryer basket..
- Brush the top side with egg wash. Air fry at 350F (175C) for 4 minutes..
- Flip the rice cake over and brush with egg wash. Air fry again at 350F (175C) for another 4-5 minutes until the surface is golden brown..
The making process of this steamed rice cake is quite similar with Chinese rice fa gao, but they tastes quite different. Bai Tang Gao is fluffy and chewy and taste best when cold, while rice fa gao is fluffy but soft. Rice Fa gao should be severed warm. Although the process seems quite simple, there are lots of reasons can lead to failure. My father grows a large buttercup squash patch, so each fall, I get an ample amount of his harvest.
