Easy Kabocha Squash Marbled Bread
- 100 grams Kabocha squash pureee
- 30 grams Sugar
- 1 tbsp Milk
- 10 grams Katakuriko
- 10 grams Vegetable oil
- 1 please refer to Bread Dough (1 loaf's worth)
- Heat the kabocha squash puree in the microwave.
- Mix in all of the ingredients except for the vegetable oil while the paste is steaming hot.
- Mix up the paste very well while heating in the microwave.
- Once it has become sticky and thick, mix in the vegetable oil.
- This will make the paste easier to remove from the container.
- Once it has cooled down, wrap the paste in plastic wrap and roll it out into a square with a rolling pin.
- The photo shows a 17cm x 17cm square.
- Make the bread dough.
- After the first rising, deflate the dough, and place the kabocha squash paste sheet on top.
- Press the dough and to make sure not to trap in any air pockets to wrap up the kabocha squash sheet.
- Pinch the edges tightly to seal.
- Fold the dough into thirds and then use a rolling pin to roll it out.
- Repeat this 2 or 3 times.
- Roll it out to about 20cm x 20cm and then divide in half.
- Cut deep notches in the dough, forming 3 almost separated strips.
- Be careful not to cut them completely apart!
- Weave them together and tightly pinch the ends together.
- Grease the bread pan with butter.
- Put the dough into the pan and cover with a damp dish towel for 40-50 minutes for the second rising.
- Let it rise until the top of the dough is about 1.5 below the rim of the bread pan.
- Cover with the pan lid and bake at 210C for 35 minutes.
- When it has finished baking, drop the pan on the counter to release the hot steam, and then take the loaf out of the pan.
- The marbled pattern shows through even on the outside.
- This amount of ingredients is also perfect for a small cylinder type mold.
- If you change how you fold it the kabocha squash sheet into the bread dough, you can get different interesting designs.
pureee, sugar, milk, katakuriko, vegetable oil, please
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148362-easy-kabocha-squash-marbled-bread (may not work)