Beet Rose Maci
Maci is the Chinese Indonesian pao bun filled with sweet peanut. Usually maci is round, white, and has 4 red dots on it. This time I want to make something different. I shape my maci into rose flower and I use beet juice as a natural food coloring.
Recipe:
1. mix : 4 cups of all purpose flour
3/4 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 egg
3 tbs of vegetable oil
200 ml beet juice (add +/- 20 ml of water if necessary)
2. let the dough sit for 15 minutes
3. make the filling: fry 2 cups of peanut and blend it with 1 cup of sugar
4. devide the dough into 25 pieces
5. fill and shape the dough into any shape you like, be creative, here´s an example
6. let the maci rest for 1 hour to rise
7. boil water in a steamer
8. when the water boils, steam the maci for 20 minutes. Do not try to open the steamer lid before
20 minutes.
