Straight from the steamer: Salted Egg Custard Buns are worth drooling over. |
with chef Alex Zheng from Fortuna Hanoi Hotel
This week, indulge yourself in a sweet yet simple to make dessert - salted egg custard buns. The dish is brought to you by chef Zhang.
Ingredients: serves 6
For the wrapper:
600g wheat flour
120g sugar
8g yeast flour
12g baking powder 12gr
500g water
For the fillings:
10 pcs salted egg
75g cooking oil
150g sugar
20g powdered milk
100g carnation condensed milk without sugar
Method:
- Cook the egg yolk for 10 minutes and then crush.
- Put the other ingredients in the pan, then knead together and refrigerate in the freezer while making the wrapper.
- The filling of salted eggs will melt when the buns are steamed.
For the wrapper:
- Mix wheat flour, sugar, yeast flour, baking powder and water evenly.
- Knead into a long piece of dough and cut into pieces about 2-3cm. Place the dough on a flat surface and make circular wrappers to put the salted egg filling inside.
- Take the fillings (medium size), put in the middle then mould the dough together. Place the bun in the steamer for one hour to allow the flour to bloom.
- Boil water, put buns into the steamer for 6-7min with medium heat. Then leave them in the steamer for 2-3min and they are ready for serving.
Creative: Chef Alex Zheng takes pride in his yummy egg-filled buns. |
You can sample the dish at Fortuna Hotel, 6B Láng Hạ St, Ba Đình Dist, Hà Nội. Tel: (84 – 4) 3831 3333 – 6435/6437/6413. Website: pr@fortuna.gvn | fortuna.vn.