I believe many people have the experience like mine: it’s very difficult to find the soft and buttery bread in your everyday American grocery stores, and its impossible to find the delicious pork sung bread roll in the whole Columbia area. The closest place I found that makes it is one of the Asian supermarket in Charlotte. How to satisfy my craving for the delicious pork sung bread roll? We tried many times at home, and finally find the following recipe that we believe everyone can follow.
First step, very important, is to bake the super soft bread sheet. I used a french brioche bread recipe ( original recipe was posted by 熊猫媳妇 on wenxuecity.com), practiced and adjusted several times, finally got a perfect recipe to make 20-24 rolls in one batch:
Ingredients(bread)
tbsp = tablespoon, tsp=teaspoon
5 1/2 cup bread flour (I use Costco HARVEST BREAD FLOUR)
1/3 cup mash-potato (secret ingredient to keep the bread soft and moist)
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp yeast
11/2 cup milk (warm)
1 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
3 large eggs
8 tbsp butter (softened at room temperature)
Stuffing
Japanese Mayonnaise and pork sung (you can find these from Asian grocery market)
Steps:
Step 1: Put all the ingredients, except butter, in the KITCHEN AID mixer bowl, use speed 1 and stir for about 10 minutes, then use speed 2 and stir until the dough can be stretch into a thin film (see picture 1). The dough should be very soft, elastic, and a little bit sticky.
Step 2: Slice the butter into pieces, put into the mixer bowl, keep stirring the dough till smooth and shiny.
Step 3: Cover the dough and put it in a warm place, until it become twice in size. Now, you can use the dough to bake any kind of soft bread you desire. Here, we continue to make the pork sung bread roll. Divide the dough into 4 smaller pieces, stretch each piece into a big baking pan. Use a rolling pin and your hand to stretch and spread it into a big dough sheet. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and put in a warm place again, for about another hour, until the dough sheet become twice thick.
Step 4: Preheat the oven to 350F. Punch a lot of tiny holes with a fork or toothpick. This is to avoid big air bubbles under the dough sheet. Beat 2 eggs (chop some green onion and mix with the egg if you like), brush gently and evenly over the top of the dough sheet (spread some sesame if you like). The dough sheet is very soft and fragile, so be careful!
Step 5: Put the pan on the middle rack of the oven, bake at 350F for 15 minutes. Take it out when the surface is beautiful golden, and light brow in color. I managed to bake two sheets at a time. Swap position at the end to make both sheets nice colors. Cool the bread sheet in the pan.
Step 6: Now we wrap the bread sheet with mayonnaise and pork sung. If you have experience making sushi rolls, this is not much different. Make sure the bread sheet is cooled to room temperature, such the mayonnaise will not melt on the bread sheet.
Lay a large piece of plastic wrap on the cutting board, put the bread sheet upside-down on the plastic wrap. Spread mayonnaise and pork sung on the bread sheet. I make my mayonnaise at home with egg yolk, vegetable oil, and lemon juice, tastes the best. But you can also use the Japanese mayonnaise bought from Asian grocery store. Gently and gradually roll the bread sheet over. The plastic wrap helps to prevent large cracks in the bread sheet. Small cracks during the roll is totally normal. Use the plastic wrap to tightly wrap the bread roll, and put in a refrigerator for at least one hour.
To serve it, slice into pieces you desired, re-heat it in a microwave oven for 5-10 seconds; brush both ends with mayonnaise and pork sung. Now enjoy it with your families and friends.
Hope the delicious roll can re-live your beautiful memories.
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