Hopiang Baboy

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ByMiaMarch 21, 2019May 9, 2019Updated onMay 9, 2019

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Hopiang baboy is a Filipino pastry I grew up with and really liked . This pastry gets different response for those who tried it. Just like marmite, You either love it, or hate it. Hopia came from the Chinese word ho-pian which means “good biscuit”. It’s similar to moon cake where the pastry has sweet paste filling and then gifted to friends. There are many variants of the hopia fillings. Two of the more popular variants are the Hopia mungo (mung bean paste filling) and Hopiang Baboy, filled with candied winter melon (kundol) and pork fat.

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As Filipinos living abroad we occasionally have cravings for food that we grew up with. As food items like this are not readily available to buy, so I decided to make one at home.

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Tips on cooking Hopiang Baboy.

Do not over-cook or burn the onions to get a good texture of the filling.

This Hopiang baboy recipe is a Filipino pastry, It is filled with sweetened white onion (alternative for candied winter melon -kundol) and pork fat.

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Filipino

Keyword: hopia, lard, pork

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Resting Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes minutes

Servings: 16 pcs

Calories:

Author: Mia

Ingredients

For dough #1

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water

For dough #2

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cups lard / vegetable shortening

For filling

1/4 cup lard (pork fat)
1/2 cup white onion (alternative for kundol) (finely chopped)
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

For making dough #1

In a bowl, mix all-purpose flour, salt, vegetable oil and water. Then kneed until the dough is smooth. Set aside.

For making dough #2

Take another bowl, mix all-purpose flour, sugar, lard / vegetable shortening until it becomes a dough. Set aside

Combining the two dough.

Take dough #1 place on top of baking paper and flatten it with a rolling pin.
Break dough #2 into small pieces and scatter on top of dough #1.
Using a spoon, spread evenly dough #2 as shown in the photo.
When the two dough are flat. cut the edges with a knife to make a rectangle.
When the edges are clean, roll the dough and wrap it with the baking paper and let it rest in the fridge for 15 minutes.

For making the filling

In a cooking pot, heat the lard in medium heat until it melts. then add the finely chopped onions and stir until translucent (do not burn)
Turn down to low heat and add sugar, flour and salt. Mix well until well incorporated.
Add the milk, continue stirring until texture is sticky. Taste to adjust. Set aside to cool down.

Baking the Hopia

Take the dough out of the fridge. Cut into approx. 16 pieces or depending on how big you want your hopia to be.
In a flat surface. drizzle some flour and take one piece of the dough then flatten.
Take 1 tbsp from the filling and roll it into a ball.
Then wrap the dough around the filling and seal it.
When it’s sealed, flatten it again making sure that the sealed part is on top.
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Once it is flat, fold it in half. Do this process with all the cut dough.
Arrange in a baking tray with parchment paper and brush egg yolk on top of each hopia and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Put in a pre-heated oven and bake @ 205°C or 400°F for 15-20 minutes. Cooking time may vary depending on the oven you Serve and Enjoy! Bon Appetit!

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Nice! Great recipe of Hopia.
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1. Hi Bebs of Foxy Folksy,
  Thank you! Cheers!
  Mia
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  1. I add it in my favorites,thank u,it looks yummy,will make this monday for my friends to taste 😋
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    1. Hi Lucy,
      Thank you very much for the comment. I’m sure you’ll do great and please let us know how it went. Bon Appetit!
      Reply
Hi,
what is the cooking temperature of the oven? it seems missing… you only say put in a pre-heated oven… thanks
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1. Hi Laarni,
  Thank you for your comment. I updated the recipe with the oven temperature included! Happy baking! Bon Chance!
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  1. I’m here in Pembroke Pines Fl USA. What can I use instead of pork fat? Wala dito yan
    Reply
    1. Hello Tess,
      In the absence of lard or pork fat you can strain and save the rendered fat left behind when you fry a pork belly in a skillet or slow-cook a pork shoulder.
      Hope this helps.
      Reply
  2. Hi I tried your recipe and hubby and my friends just loved. I used sweet kundol and fried green onion
    instead of white onion
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    1. Hi Leonor,
      Thank you for trying the recipe! I’m happy everyone enjoyed it.
      Reply
what do you put or mix in the flour so that the hopia’s skin is so soft and cruchy that like freshly squeezing when its bites
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1. Hi Antonio,
  Thank you for your question. If you’re asking why the hopia is flaky, it’s because of the second dough that is scattered on top of the rolled dough.
  And it’s soft just by following the ingredients and instructions in our recipe. Another important thing is the egg wash to make the hopia golden and shiny.
  Hope this helps and good luck!
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Hi, can i use bacon oil instead of lard?
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1. Hi Marlyn,
  I’m not so sure about bacon oil as it may be too salty? You can replace the 1/4 cup lard with just 1/4 cup cooking oil.
  Thank you and best of luck baking!
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2. Thanks for sharing.. I will try to make this on the 20th of May..
  Is onion an Option for kundol??
  Or is there another Option that will give the filling more delish??
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  1. You’re welcome and good luck in making this. Yes, onion is an alternative for kundol.
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3. Ganda your recipe is so easy to follow… It was a success ❤️💕
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  1. Hey Karen,
    Thank you and I’m happy you did great. Bisous!
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Thank you so much for sharing your recipe ❤️
I followed your recipe and ingredients and it is perfect and super delicious 😋 ..wish I could send you the photos
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1. Hi Sally,
  Thank you so much for the positive feedback! I’m happy you liked it. Cordiallement!
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This recipe is easy to follow. Followed all for the dough but I changed the recipe for filling to chopped apples, apparently, some people didn’t like pork on sweet pastry. But it works.
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Thank you for sharing your recipe. It is perfect and so delicious. I had lots of customers.
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1. Hi Rosalie,
  Thank you for trying our recipe! Goodluck and all the best to your business. Please kindly rate the recipe if you can. Cheers!
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hello. what can be possible replacement if lard/ vegetable shortening is not available?
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1. Hi Rizky,
  You can use vegetable oil as alternative. Hope this helps and let us know how it went. Goodluck
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Hi, I will try this as I am at the moment is making the pan de sal.I only have strong bread flour where I can get fromLIDL as I live her in tje UK. I also made one uaing all lurpose flour see which one will make the best pan de sal.I always go to Paris as my mom lives in Balard.Merci.
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1. Bonjour Roselle,
  Balard is not too far from us, Let us know how it goes if you use strong flour yeah? Cheers
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This looks like a really good recipe and it’s nice to see feedback from those who made it. Meron ba itong video to watch how you made it? Being a new baker longing for the food we had growing up.. your technique would be essential for my possibly C+ outcome in making your recipe. Thank you.
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1. Hi Cha,
  Yes, look for our FB page and the video is there or if you could wait we will upload the new video we’re making to the recipe card itself. Don’t settle for C+ I’m sure you’ll do great!
  Reply
i will try this recipe with ground pork filling almost similar to empanadas..
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1. Hi Alejandra,
  I’m not sure if it will work but if you will try it, I suggest cooking the ground pork filling first before stuffing it in the pastry. Good luck.
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Thanks 😍… i liked all your recipes… this hopia mostly. God bless. Thanks for sharing
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1. Hi Diana,
  Thank you! Cheers to more cooking and baking.
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Fool proof recipe! It’s delicious and easy to follow! 5/5 Thank you for sharing!
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1. Thank you Trixie!
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  1. Can u use butter instead of lard/shortening
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    1. Hi Gen,
      Happy New Year! Yes you can use butter or margarine instead of lard/shortening for the DOUGH. But for the filling it’s should be lard. Hope this helps.
      Reply
Best Recipe. I used vegetable oil instead of lard and butter for sauteing the filling. Works perfect.
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1. Hi Joselyn,
  Thank you and happy baking!
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Shelf life?
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1. Hi Maria,
  They can last for 5 days in an airtight container at room temperature and 2 weeks if refrigerated.
  Reply
So love this recipe, easy to follow🥰🥰🥰 baked many times and i used Olive Oil in lieu of Lard or Oil shortening…
I used white onion and less sodium spam chopped finely… always a hit!
Thanks for the recipe❤️
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1. Hi Thelma,
  I’m so happy you like it. Thank you for a great review.
  Reply

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What is Hopiang baboy made of? ›

Hopia baboy is a type of traditional Filipino pastry. The combination of two separate doughs creates a flaky pastry shell, which is then filled with cooked kundol (winter melon) that has been previously infused with pork fat.

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Why is it called Hopiang baboy? ›

Pork hopia (Tagalog: Hopiang baboy / Hopia baboy) is filled with a savoury bread-crumb paste studded with candied wintermelon, flavoured with scallion and enriched with candied pork back fat, hence its name.

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What are the different types of Hopia? ›

Learn these different flavors and Variations of Hopia. Hopiang Baboy, Grilled Ube and Monggo Hopia, Special Hopia, Piyaya, Otap, Hopiang Hapon, Diced Hopia and Mooncake.

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What is hopia in english? ›

Hopia has Chinese origins, introduced to Filipinos by f*ckienese immigrants in the early 1900s. It means “good pastry” in Hokkian, a dialect spoken in Southern Fujian and Taiwan. Hopia is part of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival tradition as a sort of inexpensive version of moon cake.

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What is Filipino hopia made of? ›

There are a lot of hopia filling variants but the 2 most popular ones are the Hopia mungo which is made out of mung bean paste and Hopia Baboy which is made out of candied winter melon, green onions and pork fat. Other variants are red bean and ube (yam).

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Does Hopia Baboy contain pork? ›

Originally introduced as “Hopiang Maalat”, Hopia Baboy is another classic from the 1960's that has its own cult following. The filling is made with real pork, wintermelon (kundol), fried onions, and peanut.

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What is the difference between hopia and mooncake? ›

Unlike mooncakes which rely on one batch of dough, hopia dough uses two doughs, one with a higher fat content and one without, that are layered together to create the flaky texture so iconic of the Filipino pastry.

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How many calories are in a Hopia baboy? ›

Polland Hopia Baboy (1 piece) contains 26g total carbs, 25g net carbs, 11g fat, 3g protein, and 210 calories.

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What is baboy filipino? ›

Baboy - the tagalog word for pork or pig. One of the best qualities of this amazing ingredient is it's versatility.

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Should I refrigerate hopia? ›

Must be enjoyed chilled, and kept in fridge to keep fresh.

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How long can hopia last? ›

Hopia is a Chinese-Filipino pastry traditionally filled with either mung beans (Hopia Mongo) or wintermelon (cooked in pork fat more commonly knowned as Hopia Baboy). Please freeze Eng Bee Tin Hopia upon arrival if you choose not to consume it immediately. If you do not freeze it, shelf life is up to 14 days.

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What is the famous hopia brand in the Philippines? ›

Polland Hopia has been a favorite and is the only choice of Hopia aficionados. More than just hopia, the brand also has mooncakes, tikoy and many others. Since 1966, Polland Hopia has been making deliciously authentic mung bean cakes (Hopia) that has been part of the Filipino Chinese home.

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What is hopia slang for in Filipino? ›

Conversation. "Hopia," by the way, is a moon cake-like pastry of Fujianese origin, now being popularly used as a slang to mean, "hoping for nothing."

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Do you microwave hopia? ›

Keep Capricorn Ube Hopia in a cool dry place or chill in the fridge. Best consumed on day of purchase. Put in the microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute to warm.

Is hopia good for you? ›

They are rich in carbohydrates, proteins, fatty acids, and minerals, making them a valuable source of nutrients.

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Tips on cooking Hopiang Baboy.

Hopiang Baboy

Ingredients

For dough #1

For dough #2

For filling

Instructions

For making dough #1

For making dough #2

Combining the two dough.

For making the filling

Baking the Hopia

Nutrition

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