Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, hong kong pineapple buns (bolo bao). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Hong Kong Pineapple Buns (Bolo Bao) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Hong Kong Pineapple Buns (Bolo Bao) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Learn how to bake your own Hong Kong Style pineapple buns that you can typically find at most Chinese bakeries. This recipe uses a soft and chewy Japanese. Pineapple buns (菠蘿包, bolo bao in Cantonese) are one of my favorite pastries from Chinese bakeries.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hong kong pineapple buns (bolo bao) using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Hong Kong Pineapple Buns (Bolo Bao):
- Prepare 300 g bread flour
- Make ready 70 ml water (For yudan mix) *
- Prepare 80 ml water (For flour mix)
- Make ready 1 egg
- Get 7 g instant yeast
- Take 20 g milk powder
- Prepare 8 g custard powder
- Make ready 45 g sugar
- Prepare 1/6 tsp salt
- Take 20 g unsalted butter
- Take Ingredient for the topping：
- Make ready 1/2 egg (12g)
- Prepare 105 g All purpose flour
- Make ready 1/4 tsp baking soda
- Get 1 tbsp milk
- Prepare 60 g sugar
- Make ready 55 g unsalted butter
- Prepare 1/2 tsp water
Hong Kong fusion bakery is quite appealing. Hong Kong Style Chinese pineapple buns, also known as Bolo Bao, provides a delicious contrast in taste between the sugar butter topping and soft Asian style bread. Hong Kong fusion baking is quite appealing and addictive to me. So I start making breads and cookies around a year ago.
Instructions to make Hong Kong Pineapple Buns (Bolo Bao):
- Yudan mix: Put a tablespoon of flour into the pot, add 70 ml of water, and mix well. Gently cook, this will make the bread soft. Use medium heat, slowly become a paste, cook it like this, turn off the fire then pour it in a bowl. Let it cool. Cover with plastic wrap to prevent the surface from becoming hard.
- Make topping: In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder. Add in egg yolk, butter, and rub it with your hands. Gradually add milk. Wrap the dough with cling film & rest in fridge.
- For the dough: add flour, milk powder, custard powder, salt, yudane. Place the yeast on the the other side of the bowl. Add water. Mix until combined then slowly add the butter. Knead the dough until smoothly. Cover with a clean clamp towel and let it double in size.
- Sprinkle some flour on working surface. Roll the dough a cylindrical form then divide into 8 equal portions (67g for each). Round the balls. Prepare a lined baking tray. Spray sone water. Cover & let them double in size.
- Take the dough from the fridge, divide into 8 portions. Place on top of cling film, flatten the dough then cover the top. Roll out evenly, big enough to cover the dough
- Place the crust dough on the top of the buns. Gently brush some egg wash.
- Preheat the oven at 200oC before 10 minutes. Bake 15 minutes until golden brown. Best served with a slab of butter.
A pineapple bun, for those of you who have never heard of it, is a popular snack in Hong Kong and Macau. I have tried many pineapple buns in Hong Kong, but this is one of the few that still lingers on my mind till today. Make this golden crispy Hong Kong Pineapple Buns following my step-by-step instrucitons. Pineapple Bun 菠蘿包, known as bor lor bao in Cantonese, or bo luo bao in Mandarin, is a very popular Cantonese/Hong Kong style pastry served as a dim sum snack, breakfast bun, or dessert. Pineapple buns, called Bolo Bao in China, are a popular sweet treat from Hong Kong.
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