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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Ox Tongue Cookies - 宜兰牛舌饼

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My first encounter with this cookie was in Taiwan. Named after the shape it resembles, it is literally called  Ox Tongue Cookies and is the local specialty of Yilan Province in Taiwan.
The commercial grade I had tried, came in many different flavours including, cheese, coconut, black sesame etc...  The cookie was whisper thin and gloriously brittle. Packed with the wonderful flavours of butter and maltose, the fragrance was delightfully distracting as I was shooting the photos of these cookies.
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My reference recipe worked with a soft oily dough (butter rich) which had to be proofed to relax the gluten structure. This was then used to wrap a sugary dough filling before it was rolled out carefully to form the thin tongue like shape. Obviously, made by hand, I can never attain the whisper thin thickness of the commercial product - most likely rolled out in large batches through machine press - but I am more than delighted with the results. Thin and brittle enough to break at the slightest snap, I am feeling very accomplished. I can't wait to show these off to my Taiwanese colleagues.  These are again, traditional treats that very few would be bothered to make at home nowadays.

I can't wait to modify the recipe for Chinese New Year. Continue to watch this space for further adaptation.

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YiLan Ox Tongue Cookies (宜兰牛舌饼, 原味)

Recipe : (adapted from 来做古早味零食) 
Oil Dough
120g                     All purpose flour
55g                       Water
12g                       Powder sugar
40g                       Unsalted butter

Sugar Dough
30g                       Powder sugar
20g                       Maltose syrup
20g                       Unsalted butter
5g                         Water
30g                       Condensed Milk
50g                       Cooked flour ( Cook flour in a pot over medium heat for about 15 to 20 minutes until
                             flour turns light brown. Sift and store)

Method :
1. Prepare oil dough by mixing water, sugar, butter together. Add all purpose flour and knead until a smooth dough is formed. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough proof for 30 mins.

2. Divide the proofed oil dough (1) into 10g portion and roll them into balls.

3. Prepare sugar dough by mixing sifted powder sugar,maltose syrup, butter and water. Add in condensed milk and cooked flour until a dough is formed. Refrigerate the dough for 30 mins to firm up the dough.

4. Divide the sugar dough into  7g portion and roll into a ball.

5. Flatten a oil dough ball and wrap one portion of the sugar dough with the oil dough.

6. Flatten (5) slightly on a lightly floured silpat / baking sheet. Carefully roll out the dough with a floured rolling pin (use a smaller pin - those typically used for making Dim Sum would be good) .

7. Repeat (5) and lay the 2nd dough next to (6) and roll out the dough as instructed in (6)...

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8. Make a slit down the center of the dough as shown above. (failing to do so, the cookie will balloon up in the oven) Bake at 170C for 15mins until the cookie is golden brown.


20 comments:

Anh said...

what an interesting cookies! I cannot wait to try it :)

Min said...

This is amazing, you can make this your own. I tried this one when my sister bought from Yi LAN, very crispy, I love the texture.

WendyinKK said...

I've only heard of cats tongue.. and this does look like ox tongue, except it's not black.

busygran said...

Cat's tongue, yes! Tiger's tail, yes but... ox tongue.... hmmm nope! This is my first time learning of such a cookie! Interesting!

Shu Han said...

what a name! that's the coolest cookie i've ever seen!

Jeannie said...

First time I am seeing this cookie, I like the look of crispiness from the broken piece. yum!

Rowena @ rolala loves said...

I loved these when I was a child in Taiwan. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!!!

Anonymous said...

You might be able to use a pasta maker to roll it out thinner?

These look delicious!

Fern @ To Food With Love said...

Wow these really look like ox tongue .... I'm so curious as to how they taste but they look really crisp and delicious! I'm impressed!

daphne said...

So organised!! I don't think I have the chance this year to bake :( but that's ok. i can continue to watch your space for more goodies! I have not heard of ox tongue cookies- they actually look like flat bread to me! LOL

Elin said...

Shirley...they look addictive too :) thanks for sharing the recipe with us. Will definitely try this out :) Happy New Year to you and family

Yummy Bakes said...

An unusual cookie - looks very crisp.

Sherleen.T said...

I heard about this cookies, but today is the first time I saw how the cookies look like...very crispy...must be very nice to eat yeah...^^

Anonymous said...

Very cool, do you think they are a bit like Lavash Bread? I look forward to more flavours to come.

Natasha said...

I love food with funny names and I have a pretty nice collection of such dishes. I should make ox tongue cookies too

tigerfish said...

The cookies sound so fragile! I never tried this cookie before even when I was in Taiwan for almost a year! Maybe I need to visit Yilan.

Swee San @ TheSweetSpot said...

oh this is interesting. and it looks really crunchy and wafer thin!

Shirley @ Kokken69 said...

@Swee San - :) You should have seen the commercial grades, thin like paper!

Shoutforfood said...

thanks for the recipe..

Anonymous said...

This is something new. Have never heard of ox tongue cookies before. They do resemble ox tongue though.

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