Plump & Fluffy Anpan with Yomogi (Japanese Mugwort)
- 220 grams Bread (strong) flour
- 30 grams Plain flour
- 25 grams White sugar
- 3 grams Dry yeast
- 4 grams Salt
- 7 grams Honey
- 160 grams Milk
- 55 grams Prepared yomogi (Japanese mugwort), with the moisture squeezed out
- 20 grams Unsalted butter
- 240 grams Azuki bean paste
- 1 Poppy seeds or toasted sesame seeds
- 1 Egg white or milk to finish
- Even if the yomogi has already been prepared, chop to ensure they're very finely cut.
- Divide the adzuki bean paste into 6 portions and form small balls.
- Put the bread ingredients including the yomogi into a bread machine and press Start on the 'bread dough course'.
- After 5 minutes, add the butter.
- Take out the dough and knock back gently to deflate.
- Divide into 6 portions and form small balls.
- Cover with a tightly wrung damp cloth and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Place the dough on your work surface with seam side up, knock back and roll out into a circle 11 cm in diameter.
- Make the center a touch thicker than the edges.
- Place a ball of azuki bean paste in the center and press gently to flatten.
- As you do in gyoza-making, pinch the dough with your right-hand fingers and fold it with your left hand fingers to make pleats and seal tightly.
- Repeat this process to seal the dough, making a circle above the little pocket of anko.
- The dough should look like this.
- Place the dough on the palm of your left hand.
- Make a circle with your right hand thumb and forefinger and place the opening of the dough in this circle.
- Start to seal the opening by rotating the dough.
- The dough looks like this after sealing.
- Tightly seal the seams.
- Put the dough with the seam side down and roll into perfect balls.
- Roll and press the dough so as to compress the dough and anko inside.
- Place the prepared dough balls onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment.
- Leave to prove until doubled in bulk.
- Meanwhile preheat oven to 210C.
- Brush the egg white mixture on top and position the toppings.
- Lower the temperature of the oven to 190C and bake for 14 to 18 minutes until nicely golden brown on the surfaces.
- After baking, gently place on a rack to cool.
- Here's what it should like inside.
- The yomogi gives colors this bread in a vivid green.
- The rolls are very moist, fluffy and warm.
- After you master putting the filling inside the dough, you can omit Step 5-7.
- Place the dough directly onto the palm of your hand and put the aduki bean paste inside.
- Start to wrap the aduki bean paste with the dough and seal tightly.
- Practice makes perfect.
bread, flour, white sugar, yeast, salt, honey, milk, mugwort, butter, bean paste, sesame seeds, egg
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/143940-plump-fluffy-anpan-with-yomogi-japanese-mugwort (may not work)