ORANGE MANTOU -PONG KAM
Ingredients
250 g pau flour
150 g sweet potato puree (steam sweet potato and blend /mash into puree.)
60 g castor sugar
1 tsp instant yeast
2 tsp Orange elmuco paste
50 g water (Plus and minus )
1 1/2 tbsp shortening
Direction
1 )Mixed all the above ingredients, hand mixed till become a dough.
2) Add the shortening lastly mixed till smooth
3) Set aside to proof for est 40 - 50 minutes, release the air and knead till smooth
4) Divide the dough 70 gm each .shape in rounds I manage to get 7 rolls
5) Set aside to proof till double the size estimate
6) Steamed the pau on high heat around 10 - 15 minute
Note:
As the pau cools down after steaming you will notice the pau colour change to darker orangy.
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| I am using this Orange Imolko as recommended by the bread shop supplier ..This contain orangy fragrant paste not only orange colour. Therefore my pau is orangy flavor. |
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| Mixed all the ingredient in a bowl knead it and lastly add in your shortening |
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| The image of my active yeast with bubbles. |
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| Knead all the ingredients till smooth and set aside for proofing |
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| It normally took me 40-50 minutes to proof until double |
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| I poke thru the dough a hole , and you can see this is how it looks like. Release the air by kneading until the dough is smooth . |
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7 round dough @70 g each ball   |