Homemade Mooncake Golden Syrup - 自制月饼糖浆

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Actually Mooncake Syrup can be bought off the shelf. However since this is one of the most important ingredient in making traditional mooncake (which also what my hubby prefers), so i want to learn how to make it from scratch. With this, than can i proudly said that this is "Homemade" mooncake. Haha...

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Mooncake Golden Syrup
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Ingredients:

1000 g sugar
600 g Hot water
2 slices Lemon
210 g coarse sugar
60 g water
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Method:

(1) Into wok, add water and coarse sugar and cook over medium heat.
(2) Into saucepan, boil 600 g water.
(3) When sugar in wok turns caramel in colour, swirl the wok but do not stir.
(4) Pour in the hot water and then pour in the 1000 g of sugar and 2 slices of lemon. When boiling, reduce to low heat and boil mixture for 45 mins. until thick.
(5) When cooled, store in bottles and keep for a very long time.
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