Or Nee (yam paste) Puffs
A wonderful snack fusion of east meets west with only a few ingredients
Ingredients
- 550 g Chinese yam aka Taro
- 150 g purple sweet potato
- 180 g caster sugar
- 100 g corn oil - any vegetable oil
- 1 packed frozen puff pastry - thaw pastry in chiller for a few hour before use, only need 4 large sheets
- 1 beaten egg - egg wash
Instructions
- Slice yam and purple sweet potato without skin on into small pieces and place in a steamer, steam for about 30 minutes or until soft.
- Use a masher to mash the yam and sweet potato together. Then transfer them to the food processor while hot and blend until fine.
- In a heated non stick frying pan, pour in blended yam mixture together with sugar and oil. Turn to low heat and continue to stir for 10 minutes until the yam mixture becomes smooth. Dish up and leave to cool.
- Place puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured table top and use a pizza cutter to cut pastry sheet into 4 equal square sheets.
- Put yam filling (about 2-3 tablespoons) on pastry sheet leaving enough border so that it can be folded over and sealed. Then use fork press down the edges to seal the border.
- Place the or nee puffs on a lined baking tray and egg wash the tops of each puff .
- Bake in preheated oven at 200C for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
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