Recipe

Hong Kong Pineapple Buns Recipe

	Midgelet / All my dishes 3 months, 1 week ago In Hong Kong, there's a Chinese verison of western dinner rolls. it's actually sweet breads with exotic fillings or variations. These LOOK LIKE the surface of pineapple! A challenge to make and a unique recipe Prep:120m Cook:20m Servings:12	Midgelet
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Ingredients

Your Favorite sweet bread dough recipe, prepared

PINEAPPLE TOPPING use 3/4 to 1 oz per 1 - 1 1/2 oz bun

(can be kept for long time in refrigerator/freezer)

3 oz sugar

2 oz butter

1 egg yolk

1/2 tsp soda

2 tbsp milk

5 oz flour

2 tsp baking powder

Directions

1. Use your sweet breads recipe which makes 12 buns.

After 2 rises and punch downs, shape them into round buns of 2 oz each.

2. Prepare the "pineapple topping", take 1 oz of prepared pineapple topping for each 2 oz bun.

Roll the pineapple topping to a round flat sheet of about 3 mm thick, cover only the top of rised bun and score topping lightly in a checked pattern with a knife [to have it look like pineapple].

Brush with egg wash and bake at 180*C [375*F] for 10-15 mins.

Topping:

1. beat butter and sugar until creamy and fluffly.

2. add in egg yolk, soda, milk, mix well.

3. sift flour and baking powder, add to butter, and mix with slow speed or by hand until smooth and not sticky. Beware not to form gluten, that is don't over mix

4. Chill, wrapped in pastic film, in refrigerator for use [about 1 hour].

5. take out and knead as little as possible, if too dry, put in some oil, if too runny, put in some flour.

6. take 1 oz and roll out but don't roll too big, or too thin, [about 3mm] should be slightly smaller than the bun top which is about 1/2 of the size of the bun top.

7. brush the bun with egg and put the topping on bun right before baking, score lightly to make checked pineapple surface effect, brush on egg wash. Bake as instucted above.

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