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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Assorted Buns [Starter Dough Method]

The Chicken Floss Buns were so good that my Ma requested to make more.  My hubby also commented that it is good and asked me to try baking them in Pullman's tin like a loaf bread.
Since I do not have much of the Chicken Floss left, I made 2 trays of 9 buns each with chicken floss and red bean paste filling.  I reduced the flour quantity to 400 gms as my baking trays are not big enough for 500 gms flour. But for the buns baked in Pullman's tin, I used 600 gms flour with 30 gms of golden raisins.
The ingredients are as below and the method is the same.
1. Ingredients for Chicken Floss and Red Bean Paste Buns
Ingredients - Starter Dough
200 gm bread flour [I used 180 gm bread flour and 20 gm plain flour]
2.6 tsp [8gm] instant yeast dissolve in 150 ml warm water
  • Add flour into the yeast mixture and mix into a sticky dough. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and leave for 1-2 hours or till it becomes about 2-3 times in size.  [Usually, I will mix ingredients in an airtight container, leave it to proof for 30 minutes in room temperature, then cover the container and kept in the fridge overnight].
Ingredients - Bread Dough
200 gm bread flour [I used 180 gm bread flour and 20 gm plain flour]
1 tsp  [6 gm] salt
40 gm sugar [I used 2 tbsp]
30 ml warm water
1 [40 gm] egg - lightly beaten [keep 1 tbsp for brushing buns]

40 gm [1 tbsp] butter
Chicken Floss Buns 
 
Red Bean Paste Buns 

  1. Mix bread dough ingredients with starter dough in a mixer with dough hook. Knead on medium speed for about 5-10 minutes till soft then add in butter. Continue to knead for another 10 minutes till dough is soft, smooth and elastic. Cover and leave to rest for 15 minutes or until double in size. 
  2. Punch down dough. Divide dough into 2 equal portions for easier handling. 
    Form into a ball, then roll on a floured board and fold into third. Then roll into a log and cut into 9 equal portions. Shape each portion into a ball. Then roll each ball into a flat round piece. 
  3. Add filling [chicken meat floss or red bean paste], pinch the seam to seal. Place the seam side down on paper casing or parchment paper. Do the same for the other portion. 
  4. Leave to rise for 30 - 40 minutes. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with some black sesame seeds. 
  5. Bake in preheated oven at 200 degrees C for 10-15 minutes. Remove to cool on rack immediately. 

2. Ingredients for Buns in Pullman's Tin  
      [makes 2 loaves]
Buns In Pullman's Tin
Light, soft and moist textured bread in Pullman's tin
Ingredients - Starter Dough
300 gm bread flour [I used 240 gm bread flour and 60 gm plain flour]
3.9 tsp [12 gm] instant yeast dissolve in 200 ml warm water
  • Add flour into the yeast mixture and mix into a sticky dough. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and leave for 1-2 hours or till it becomes about 2-3 times in size.  [Usually, I will mix ingredients in an airtight container, leave it to proof for 30 minutes in room temperature, then cover the container and kept in the fridge overnight].
Ingredients - Bread Dough
300 gm bread flour [I used 240 gm bread flour and 60 gm plain flour]
1.5 tsp salt
100 ml warm water
1 [60 gm] egg - lightly beaten [keep 1 tbsp for brushing buns]

60 gm butter
30 gm raisins - soak in 1 tbsp Rum
  • Mix bread dough ingredients with starter dough in a mixer with dough hook.  Knead on medium speed for about 5-10 minutes till soft then add in butter.  Continue to knead for another 10 minutes till dough is soft, smooth and elastic.  Add in raisins.  Knead for a second to combine raisins with dough. Remove dough hook and cover dough.  Leave to rest for 15 minutes or until double in size.
  • Punch down dough.  Divide dough into 2 equal portions for easier handling.
  • Form into a ball, then roll on a floured board and fold into third.  Then roll into a log and cut into 8 equal portions.  Shape each portion into a smooth, round ball. Place in a greased Pullman's tin.  Do the same for the other portion.
  • Leave to rise for 40 - 50 minutes.  Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with some black sesame seeds.
  • Bake in preheated oven at 200 degrees C for 20 minutes.  Remove to cool on rack immediately.

Recipe Source - Hide-hide Home Baking Website

3 comments:

Chocolatecandyfloss said...

Looks so good! Gonna attempt this! Thanks for sharing, btw, what is a pullman tin??

kimmy said...

Hi Sujun, thanks for dropping by. Please visit my posting on loaf bread. You may get to see the photo of the Pullman's tin [a sandwich bread loaf tin].

Anonymous said...

I am new to baking and tried to baked bread but unsuccessful. The bread is either hard after baking and left to cool for an hour. Do you have any advice? BTW where can I get ready make red bean paste? Thank you