The invention discloses a method for making a
tangerine peel and winter melon paste moon cake, which comprises the following steps: (1) making winter melon paste stuffing: a) cleaning winter melon, peeling off, removing pulp,
cutting into small strips of 5-8cm, stir-frying, removing most of water, adding
sugar and
edible oil and stir-frying together; b) placing
tangerine peel in clear water for soaking, removing an
inner membrane and chopping; and c) simultaneously adding one or more of
ginseng,
cordyceps flower and remote lemongrass
herb into winter melon paste obtained in the step a), stir-frying and preparing
tangerine peel and winter melon paste stuffing; (2) making a crust: taking an appropriate amount of flour, mixing the
sugar and the
edible oil, adding an appropriate amount of
alkaline water, kneading into a dough, and further preparing the crust; and (3) using the crust as an outer
skin, wrapping the tangerine peel and winter melon paste stuffing, placing into a die for forming, further placing into an oven for baking, cooling, packaging and preparing the tangerine peel and winter melon paste moon cake. The tangerine peel and winter melon paste moon cake made by the method has low fat and high
fiber, is nutritional, delicious and wholesome, and can promote the development of
agricultural economy to a certain extent.