Pork buns

Pork buns

Overview

The fun little pig buns turned into adorable characters as soon as they came out of the oven. Pairs of them looked like a couple in love with each other. They were very cute.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Mix yeast and 160 grams of water.

    Pork buns step 1
  2. Take out 80 grams of flour, add 50 grams of cooked purple sweet potato and crush it.

    Pork buns step 2
  3. Add a little yeast water and mix into purple sweet potato dough. (For making piggy facial features)

    Pork buns step 3
  4. Add 100 grams of cooked pumpkin to the remaining flour, and knead it with yeast water to form a pumpkin dough.

    Pork buns step 4
  5. Cover the two-color dough tightly and let it rise for 30 minutes. (30 minutes is enough, the key is that the second serve must be in place)

    Pork buns step 5
  6. While the dough is rising, wash the shiitake mushrooms and dried shrimps and chop the shiitake mushrooms into small pieces.

    Pork buns step 6
  7. Pour the shiitake mushrooms and dried shrimps into the pan to add flavor.

    Pork buns step 7
  8. Then add mushroom and shrimp skin to 400 grams of meat filling, add your favorite seasonings in sequence, add appropriate amount of salt, sesame oil, pepper, soy sauce and sugar according to your own taste and mix evenly to form filling.

    Pork buns step 8
  9. Take out the proofed dough and divide it into 15 pieces.

    Pork buns step 9
  10. Take a piece of dough, roll it out, and fill it with meat filling.

    Pork buns step 10
  11. Pinch and roll into a ball, with the seam facing downwards.

    Pork buns step 11
  12. Take out the purple sweet potato dough and roll it into a sheet, then use a piping tip or a wine bottle cap to press out a round sheet.

    Pork buns step 12
  13. Use chopsticks to make two small holes out of the disc to make the pig's mouth and nose.

    Pork buns step 13
  14. Apply some water to the middle and lower ends of the dough. As shown in the figure

    Pork buns step 14
  15. Then take a small round slice and cut it in half.

    Pork buns step 15
  16. Place the left and right ends on the dough to make piggy ears.

    Pork buns step 16
  17. Finally, take two red beans and place them on the left and right ends to make the piggy’s eyes.

    Pork buns step 17
  18. Place all the shaped pork buns into a greased steamer. Cover tightly and ferment for the second time until doubled in size.

    Pork buns step 18
  19. Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot and bring to a boil, add the second-raised embryos, cover tightly, and steam over high heat for 20 minutes, then turn off the heat. Simmer for 5 minutes before opening the lid. To prevent the buns from collapsing.

    Pork buns step 19
  20. Finished product. Look! How cute they are in pairs.

    Pork buns step 20