Osmanthus Fermented Rice Cake with Homemade Osmanthus Honey(桂花酒釀米糕)

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Ingredients

210 g rice flour
40 g plain flour
3 g instant yeast
25 g sugar
70 g fermented rice wine
180 g cold water
100 g osmanthus
300 g rock sugar
50 mL lemon juice
600 g water

Steps

Rice cake
Start by adding all wet ingredients to the dry and mix with a whisk
Make sure you get a smooth consistency as shown
Cover it well and leave in a warm place to ferment for 1.5 hours
Osmanthus honey
While the rice cake batter is fermenting, you can prepare the Osmanthus honey. Wash the Osmanthus gently so you don’t destroy its shape
Bring the 600 g of water to a boil, and turn the heat off. Then add in the washed Osmanthus. Let sit in the pot for 10 minutes
After that, filter out the Osmanthus, and pour back the Osmanthus water into the pot. Reserve the Osmanthus for later
Then, add in rock sugar, turn the heat back to medium heat and let the rock sugar melts slowly. REMEMBER DO NOT MIX OR STIR the pot while the rock sugar is melting. Let it melts gradually
Once the rock sugars are all melted and start bubbling, add in lemon juice. Let cook in medium heat for 20 minutes
After 20 minutes, add the Osmanthus earlier back into the pot. Let this honey syrup cool down completely
Meanwhile, sterilise glass containers for Osmanthus honey with boiling water
Once Osmanthus honey is cooled down, store in containers and leave in fridge
Steaming rice cake
Once the rice cake batter is done fermenting, it should doubled in size and very bubbly
Use a whisk to remove big bubbles so that the finished product of the rice cake is smoother
Then, you also want to remove small bubbles as shown
And you should have a smooth batter
Brush the steaming container with a layer of oil to avoid sticking
Pour the batter in, and remove any small air bubbles
Cover with cling film, poke a few holes and let steam over boiling water for about 25 minutes
To determine whether the rice cake is fully cooked, you can use a chopstick to poke into the rice cake. If nothing sticks onto it, then it is ready to go
Finally, cut the rice cakes into chucks and drizzle with homemade Osmanthus honey. Serve and enjoy while hot!

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