Whenever I go Hong Kong, I never missed this for breakfast and afternoon snack. It was best paired with milk tea. Love this bun a lot and I can't find any good one near my area. Few years back there was a stall in Raffles Place near my office selling this bun, that was good but it's too far for me to drive all the way from east to central just for a polo bun. So I decided to make it by myself.
I used water roux (tang zhong) method to make the bun. The whole process takes about 4 hours, but it's worth the effort and time spent because it's really really really yummy! I had been craving for this for so long since my last trip to Hong Kong... Now, I can enjoy this yummy bun whenever I want....what a great satisfaction.
Before I buy my oven, I used Tefal Actifry to bake the polo bun. Surprisingly it works, but...this machine is not designed for baking, I think, the heat circulation is not even. I need to monitor closely by the side and rotate the bun to get a nice brown crust! :)
For oven baked Plain Polo Bun, refer Hong Kong Polo Bun recipe
For Cute Pork Floss Polo Bun, refer Cute Little Turtle Pork Floss Polo Bun recipe
If you are sharing this recipe, kindly attach the link to this blog instead of screen capture/ copy & paste/ use in your blog and claimed as your recipe! Thank you.
如果您要分享此食谱，请联系这个部落格的相关链接。敬请不要复制或改篇为自己的食谱。谢谢！
To prepare TangZhong/ water roux:
25g Bread Flour
1/2 cup or 120ml Water/ Milk
1. Put flour into a saucepan. Stir in water/ milk, mix well until no more lumps.
2. Cook with low heat, continuous stirring until it's thicken and when stir with the spoon to the bottom, the line appeared, as shown in the picture below.
3. Remove from heat. Transfer to a bowl and cover with cling wrap. Set aside to cool. This will make about 120g of TangZhong.
To Prepare Polo Crust Dough: (For 6 buns)
30g Butter (Cold, cut into small cubes)
35g Icing Sugar (can be increased to 45g for sweeter crust)
60g Cake Flour
2 tsp Milk Powder
12g Egg (Lightly Beaten)
1. Sift icing sugar, cake flour and milk powder into a bowl.
2. Add in cold butter cubes, mix with hand.
3. Add in egg, form a dough. DO NOT over knead the dough.
4. Shape into a flatten ball, wrap with cling wrap, chill in the fridge at least 30 minutes. The weight of the dough is about 125g-130g.
To Prepare Bread Dough: (Make 6 buns)
(A)
175g Bread Flour
40g Castor Sugar
2g Salt
5g Milk Powder
1 tsp Instant Dry Yeast
(B)
28g Egg (lightly beaten)
60g TangZhong/ Water Roux
63ml Milk
15g Unsalted Butter (Softened to room temperature)
Method:
1. In a mixer bowl, mix (A) ingredients. Make a well, add in (B) except butter.
2. Mix all ingredients. When all ingredients come together, knead in butter. Continue kneading until the dough passes the membrane test.
 |
| The dough is 'elastic' at this stage |
4. Deflate and divide dough into 6, about 60g each. Let it rest for 15 minutes. Knead each dough into ball shapes. (Optional: add some butter in the dough for more buttery bun).
5. Remove the crust dough from fridge. Divide into 6, cover with cling wrap, use a plate, flatten the crust dough and place the crust dough onto the bread dough. Use a pizza cutter/ knife, slit some pineapple's pattern on top.
6. Place on the Tefal Actifry pan. Let it proof double in size, about an hour.
7. Egg wash and cook until golden brown. While cooking, monitor closely and rotate the bun when needed to get a nice golden crust.
0 Komentar untuk "Hong Kong Polo Bun, Baked without oven, Air-Fried method"