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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

SEREMBAN SIEW PAU


Ah! Fond memories of eating siew pau (baked buns) from the bakery in Seremban (a town in Malaysia) which created the famous "Seremban Siew Pau". These paus are so delicious that you can't stop at one. Sadly, I can hardly find good siew pau in Singapore. I am deprived.

Thanks to the world of blogging that I managed to find a couple of good recipes and step-by-step guide to making the pastry. I have the knack of combining recipes and the result is very satisfying. I will definitely make this again.




I got too carried away and made these pretty round ones exposing the spiral-layering of the pastry. I got the inspiration from Corner Cafe.


Hmmm... why not try the parallel-layering too? Great tips from Corner Cafe.


Here are the recipes.

Pastry recipe adapted from Jo's Deli & Bakery

Water dough:
235g all purpose flour
80g cooking oil
35g sugar
7g golden syrup
120g water

Oil dough:
125g all purpose flour
75g shortening

Water dough:
1. Rub oil with flour until crumble.
2. Dissolve sugar and syrup in water and add to the above. knead dough until smooth and rest for 15 mins.
3. Divide dough into 20x23g pieces.

Oil dough:
1. Sift flour on the table and blend in shortening. Using the plams, rub in gradually to form a soft dough.
2. Divide water dough into 20x10g pieces.


Make up:
1. Wrap oil dough into water dough and pin it out into a thin rectangular sheet.
2. Roll the sheet down ino a swiss roll shape. Turn 90deg and repeat once.
3. Press dough with palm and roll out into a circular sheet.
4. place filling in the middle and pleat pastry upwards towards the centre.
5. Egg wash and bake at 190 degC for 20-25 minutes.
6. Egg wash again halfway through baking.


Fillings
(I got a little bit of here and there, and honestly I don't know the links anymore. If you see anything familiar, please let me know the links. Tnx!)

1 cup char siew (BBQ meat - either pork or chicken) - cut into small cubes
1/2 cup frozen peas
2/3 cup onions - minced
1 Tbsp oyster sauce
1 Tbsp dark soy sauce
2 Tbsp tomato sauce
1 Tbsp sugar
6 Tbsp chicken stock
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp Shaoxing wine
pepper
1 Tbsp oil

1. Heat oil and saute onion until slightly brown.
2. Add char siew and stir fry for about one minute.
3. Reduce heat to low, add wine and mix well.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook till thick and bubbly.
5. Remove and let cool.



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