Matcha and Ama-Natto Frog Shaped Buns
- 135 grams Bread flour
- 15 grams Cake flour
- 3 grams Dry yeast
- 80 ml or so Milk
- 1 grams Salt
- 15 grams Sugar
- 10 grams Butter
- 25 grams Egg
- 4 grams Matcha
- 100 grams Adzuki bean amanatto
- 1 Egg wash
- Wash the sugar on the ama-natto with hot water, and pat dry with paper towels.
- Reserve 10 beans to use for the eyes.
- Mix all the dough ingredients together except for the butter.
- Add the butter, and knead well.
- Use the proofing setting of your oven for the 1st rising.
- Take the dough out, and make 5 portions weighing 10 g each (for the eyes).
- Divide the rest of the dough into 10 (for the faces).
- Let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
- Roll out the dough for the faces, and fill each piece with 1/10 of the ama-natto.
- Seal in well.
- Make 10 pieces the same way.
- Put two face pieces together, and pinch the sides firmly.
- Divide each piece of eye-dough into 2, roll into balls and put on top of the face part.
- Put the frog buns on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and let rise again (2nd rising) for about 30 to 40 minutes.
- As soon as they have risen, pre-heat the oven.
- Brush the frog buns with egg wash. Make a dent in each eye ball with chopsticks, and push in the reserved ama-natto.
- Bake for 13 minutes in a preheated 340F/170C oven.
- If the surface is getting too browned, cover with aluminium foil.
bread flour, flour, yeast, milk, salt, sugar, butter, egg, matcha, adzuki bean, egg
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/170375-matcha-and-ama-natto-frog-shaped-buns (may not work)