We have recently adopted at home the habit of trying to prepare at weekends, the girls' favorite foods or try new recipes.
On this occasion I will share with you a new recipe that my husband found on the Internet, and that we decided to put into practice. It is about some peculiar rolls of Asian origin, which are steamed and called "Pan Bao".
They have an unusual texture, but they are really rich and fluffy, besides their peculiar shape allows you to fill them with whatever you want. In our case we fill it with some meat and vegetable fajitas, but today I will only explain how to make the breads. We will start with the ingredients.
Step 1: Preparation of the ferment
The first thing that must be prepared is the yeast, because, it is necessary to let it be activated, for it we mixed in half glass of warm water, 3 grs of dry yeast and a spoonful of sugar, it is necessary to wait until it forms enough foam, when it has doubled its volume, it will be ready.
Step 2:
The next step is to place all the dry ingredients in the mixer and then add the wet ingredients and the already fermented yeast.
Step 3:
When the dough is homogeneous, take it out of the bowl of the mixer. If you see that it is very wet or sticky, add wheat flour little by little until it dries. Then make a little ball and put it back in the bowl, but first put some flour in the bottom so that it doesn't stick. Cover it with a kitchen cloth and let it rise until it doubles in size.
Step 4:
When the dough has doubled in volume, it is taken out and separated into eight equal portions.
Step 5:
Then we take each ball and with the roller we stretch it giving it the shape of a disk, then we use a brush to varnish with oil, then fold it in half and flatten it again a little with the roller. They are reserved in a tray or floured surface, covering them with a cloth
Step 6:
Once you finish stretching and folding the last little ball, the first loaves of bread that were made will have risen a little. This is the moment to start placing them in the steamer basket, which we will then take to the fire
Step 7:
Before continuing with the explanation, I comment, that at home we have a bamboo steamer basket that we use to prepare Gyozas which is another dish of Asian origin, very rich too by the way. This is traditionally used to prepare Bao breads in a kind of Bain Marie. To do this, we must place a pot of water to be heated in advance so that it can be boiled when we need it
Step 8:
Now if we continue, it is time to place the Bao breads in the baskets. In our case, the basket has two levels, and two breads enter each level, so we cook in batches of four breads. The bottom of the basket should be varnished with a little oil before placing the bread, even if it is raw, so that it doesn't stick
Step 9:
After placing the breads in the steamer basket, we placed them on top of the pot that we had previously brought to a boil. After about 10 minutes, carefully remove the basket from the boiling pot. Wait about 3 minutes to open it and take out the bread, which are placed in the container and covered with a cloth to prevent them from drying out
Step 10:
Once they are ready you will notice that the oil you varnished before folding it does not allow the two halves to stick together, so you can open them and fill them with whatever you like
As I mentioned before, we fill them with fajitas of meat sautéed with onion and paprika. In addition, we boil some beets, chop them into sticks and season them with a simple vinaigrette and as a final touch chop avocado and season it with a little salt. But you decide the filling with what you have at home, a very traditional one is based on pork. Well, for now I say goodbye, hoping that you will like this new recipe that I share with you today and that you will try it at home.
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Camera: Pentax *istDL
Lens: Pentax 18-55
Lighting: Natural Light
Location: Barcelona, Anzoátegui state, Venezuela
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