I was "spring cleaning" my handphone gallery pictures and came across one picture my sister send to me thru Whatsapps long ago. This pic was from one cookbook she borrowed from the library; Dean Brettschneider - Global Baker. From the look at the picture, the red bean ring bread look so gorgeous and delicious but..... I don't have the recipe! Aah....ha.....I remember my good buddy friend, Hui has this book...hence I whatsapps her to forward me the recipe!
And here goes, today my Red Bean & Sesame Seeds Ring Bread
Red Bean & Sesame Seeds Ring
Bread
Ingredients
Dough
300g
bread flour
5g salt
25g sugar
1 tsp
active dried yeast (or instant yeast)
1 small
egg (about 50g after cracked)
150ml
fresh milk
Zest of 1
orange (optional)
1 tbsp
fresh coriander, finely chopped (optional)
Sesame
seeds, for coating
180g
ready made red bean paste
Egg Wash
1 small
egg
2 tbsp
water
Method
Mix everything together
and knead till it is no longer sticky and becomes smooth and elastic. Cover and let it rest for 45 minutes to 1
hour or doubled in size.
Knock the dough back in
the bowl and gently fold back onto itself and cover to rest for another 30
minutes.
Divide the dough into two
equal size. Place one dough on working
surface and roll out into a large rectangle to the size approximately 30cm long
x 25cm wide.
Using your palette knife,
spread half the red bean paste over each dough. Then, roll up the dough from the long edge to
form a swiss roll shape. Ensure that the
seam is sealed properly.
Lightly brush the egg wash
all over the dough surface. Coat the
dough surface all over with the sesame seeds. Then shape the dough into a ring and pinch
both ends together to close up the ring.
Place the ring on your
baking pan with grease proof paper, seam side down. Using your shape knife or scissors, cut
through the dough 1cm-1.5cm apart . Cover
with plastic wrap and let it proof another 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 180 Celcius.
Bake the loaves for 12-15
minutes till golden brown.
Recipe extracted from Dean Brettschneider - Global Baker with changes
This recipe yields two bread rings.
If you love red bean paste, you will absolutely love this red bean bread.
