Hope no one is scare away by my horrible looking Pumpkin Sausage Bun, hehe...
Recipe from Cooking Pleasure blog :
Ingredients
[makes 10-12 pieces]
300 gm pau flour or plain flour
100 gm mashed sweet potatoes [I used purple sweet potatoes]
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
120-130 ml water
2 tsp yeast
3 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp white sesame seeds [optional]
some toasted black sesame seeds - for garnish [optional]
10 pieces chicken sausage - steamed for 10 minutes - set aside to cool
Using a Dough Mixer or Hand Knead :
Combine all the ingredients [except sesame oil and seeds] in a mixing bowl. Knead until soft [about 5-10 minutes]. Then add in the sesame oil, continue to knead until soft, smooth and elastic. Add sesame seeds and knead for 1-2 minutes to mix well.
Shape into a ball and cover to rest for about 20-30 minutes or until double in size.
Punch down dough and remove dough to a floured surface, divide into 2 round balls. Flatten each ball and cut into 5 equal portion. Shape each portion in long slender strips. Use a strip to wrap a sausage into a roll. Place roll on a piece of greaseproof paper. Place shaped dough in the steaming tray.
Leave to prove for 15 - 20 minutes or until double in size.
Steam over high heat for 10 minutes in a steamer. Off heat and leave rolls for a further 3 minutes before uncovering to cool on rack. This is to prevent wrinkle, rough skin [sometimes they may be a little wrinkle - probably because of proofing time but the texture is unaffected].
By using half of the recipe, i should be using 150g plain flour and 50g mashed pumpkin, but instead i used 100g plain flour and 100g mashed pumpkin and what i get is that the dough is soft and sticky which makes me a bit more difficult and more time to shape the bun and in the end turns out to be ugly.
