custard cream bun illustration (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)
Bread is often a popular snack favored by many people. No wonder because the texture is fluffy and presents a variety of flavors. Of course, this dish is suitable to be your coffee companion.
Custard cream bun is a Japanese-style bread which contains cream that melts in the mouth. The recipes below mostly use simple ingredients so they are suitable as an alternative to boarding school meals. Come on, see how to make custard cream buns a la Luvita Ho!
1. The ingredients for the custard cream bun
material illustration (pexels.com/Felicity Tai)Bread Ingredients:
- 200 grams of high pro flour / bread
- 3 grams of yeast
- 3 grams of salt
- 25 grams of sugar
- 1 egg
- 80 grams of cold liquid milk
- 25 grams of unsalted butter
Custard Ingredients:
- 250 grams / ml of liquid milk
- 2 yolks
- 24 grams of cornstarch
- 60 grams of sugar
- 2 pinches of salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 25 grams of unsalted butter
2. Make a soft custard filling
illustration of bread filling (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)Add two egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, salt and vanilla to a saucepan. Stir until smooth, then pour in the milk. Turn on the lowest heat and always stir the mixture slowly. Stir until the mixture produces a thick texture, then immediately turn off the stove.
After that, add unsalted butter to make it taste more creamy. Transfer to a wider container, such as a plate. Cover the dough with cling wrap and wait for the dough to cool.
3. Make bread dough until smooth
illustration of making bread dough (pexels.com/Vaibhav Jadhav)Prepare a clean container to mix high pro/bread flour with yeast, sugar, salt, eggs and cold liquid milk. Knead the dough by hand until the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Add softened unsalted butter. Stir again until the surface of the dough is smooth.
After the dough is smooth, use the resting technique by covering the dough with a cloth for 30 minutes. Next, cut the dough into 8 parts. Each part of the dough is made into a round shape. Cover again using a cloth and resting for 15 minutes.
4. Fill the custard into the bread
illustration of filling custard into bread (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)The custard that has cooled is again stirred in the container so that the texture becomes soft and does not clot. Pour custard into a plastic triangle. Use a rolling pin to shape the bread dough into an oval.
Fill the custard into the inside of the bread dough. Press the outside of the dough to cover the filling perfectly and make sure the filling doesn't leak. Let the bread dough filled with custard rest for 30 minutes until the dough expands.
5. Cook the bread on the lowest heat
illustration of cooking bread dough (youtube.com/Luvita Ho)Arrange the dough on the warm teflon. Remember, use the lowest fire. Then, cook for 5 minutes on each side.
Therefore, the total time for 1 loaf to cook on both sides is 10 minutes. While the dough is cooking, cover the dough using a Teflon lid so that it cooks all over. Remove immediately and the custard cream bun is ready to be served.
Apparently, bread with Teflon capital can produce dishes that are no less delicious. Confused about what bread to make? Come on, try this one recipe. Beware of addiction!
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