Hopia

Hopia

Hopia is a popular Filipino flaky pastry that is traditionally filled with red beans paste or mung beans paste. It is very popular as a gift or souvenir, when ever someone came back from a trip. It is now also comes in different filling like,  purple yam (ube), jack fruit (langka) and pineapples. 

Hopia with Purple Yam filling

Hopia word is from Chinese word hò pià (好餅), meaning ‘good pastry (https://www.tagaloglang.com/hopya/).
Indonesia also have their own version of hopia called "bak pia" and in Malaysia their "tau sar piah" is also similar to Hopia.

Today, I crave for this pastry and baked for afternoon snack I used purple yam and red beans for filling. I use my Taiwanese pineapple cake molder for my purple yam and normal round cookies cutter for my red bean. Hopia is very easy to make.

Hopia with Red bean filling

My Taiwanese Pineapple cake molder

Hopia Recipe:

Ingredients :

Dough 1
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp of salt

Dough 2
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cups vegetable shortening (or lard or butter)

1 egg for egg wash

Fillings:

Red Bean Paste  
Purple Yam (click the link for the Purple Yam Jam)

Procedure:

For the Red Bean Paste:

For Dough 1:

1.  Combine all the ingredients, and mixed. Once all ingredients are mixed together use a hand to slightly knead the dough. Once you feel the dough is already soft, set it aside and prepare the Dough 2.

For Dough 2:

1.   Mixed the flour and sugar then add the shortening

2.   Use two forks to cut in the shortening in the flour, once the shortening has been covered with flour use hand to mixed it until it come together (soft dough texture)

Combining the two Dough:

1.  Using a rolling pin flattened the Dough 1 into 1/8 mm thickness (use a baking sheet or cling film/wrap as a base).

2.  Then distribute evenly the Dough 2 on top of the Dough 1.

3.  Using a spatula flatten the Dough 2, to make sure it will stick to the Dough 1.

4.  Tidy up the sides, remove the excess dough. Then roll the dough into a log. Tidy up the ends again, to make sure you have a flat ends. Let the dough rest in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Preparing the desired filling:

1.  While the dough is resting prepare the desired filling, by scooping it and make it in a small balls

Making the Hopia:

1.  After 15 minutes take the dough out of the fridge and start pre-heat the oven at 200deg C.

2.  Cut the dough on your desired thickness or how big you want your Hopia to be.

 

 

3.  Flour your rolling pin and the cut dough, then roll and flatten it into circle. Place the filling on the center and closed it. Use a moulder to flatten your Hopia. I use cookie cutter for my red bean filling and square mold (Taiwanese pineapple cake molder) for my purple yam.

4.  Place the Hopia on a baking tray lined with baking sheets

5.  Beat the egg and brush it on top and side of the Hopia prior baking.

6.  Bake the Hopia at 200deg C for about 15-20 minutes or until the top turns to golden brown

7.  Cool down and serve