Mushroom Steamed Buns (Mantou)
Equipment
- Spruce Steamer (or any steamers)
- Chopsticks
- Oil Brush
Ingredients
Mushroom Dough
- 150 g warm milk
- ½ tsp instant yeast
- 300 g all-purpose flour
- 60 g sugar
- 1 g salt
- ½ tsp vegetable oil
Mushroom "skin"
- 1 tsp cacao powder
- 2 tsp hot water
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine warm milk and instant yeast. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add all-purpose flour, sugar, and salt. Mix until combined.
- Add vegetable oil.
- Slowly add the yeast mixture to the dry ingredients. Use a pair of chopsticks to mix until combined. Then, use your hands to knead it into a dough.
- Separate the dough into 8 equal portions. 7 of them would be kneaded into a small round dough. Separate the remaining dough into 7 equal portions, and knead into a raindrop shape.
- In a small bowl, combine cacao powder and hot water.
- Prepare a pan of warm water. Place your bamboo steamers on it. Place the dough in the steamer.
- Brush a single layer of chocolate sauce onto the round dough. Cover with lid and let it rise for 1 hour or 1.5x bigger than its original size.
- The dough is done rising once the mushroom "skin" is formed and cracked.
- Steam it for 20 minutes on medium-high heat. Turn off the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes. Do not open the lid in between.
- Enjoy them with sweetened condensed milk.
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