Hamburger Buns

Hamburger Buns

by | Jan 5, 2024 | Baking, Brunch

Delighful Bites: Your Own Hamburge Buns from Scratch

In a world where fast food dominates, there’s something incredibly satisfying about creating your own hamburger buns. From the moment you mix the ingredients to the final, golden-brown buns emerging from the oven, it’s a journey filled with anticipation and mouth-watering aromas.

Let’s start with the heart of any good hamburger bun – the dough. Picture this: you’re in your kitchen, surrounded by the comforting hum of your mixer. You begin by sifting the flour, ensuring every particle is ready to play its part in creating the perfect texture. Then, it’s time to awaken the yeast. With a gentle touch of warmth, you watch as it transforms, bubbling with life, ready to impart its magic into your buns.

The Art of Preparation

Next comes the tangzhong, a secret ingredient that elevates these buns to a whole new level of softness and flavor. In a saucepan, you delicately combine flour and milk over a low flame, stirring until a velvety paste forms. This tangzhong, with its silky texture and subtle sweetness, will become the backbone of your buns, ensuring they stay pillowy soft from the first bite to the last.

With the tangzhong prepared, it’s time to bring the dough together. In your mixer, you blend the dry ingredients – flour, salt, and sugar – with precision and care. Then, in a moment of culinary alchemy, you introduce the tangzhong, warm milk, and eggs, watching as they meld together to form a cohesive dough. But the pièce de résistance? The butter. With each addition, the dough transforms, becoming richer, silkier, and utterly irresistible.

As the dough ferments, you can almost feel the excitement building in the air. It’s a testament to your patience and dedication – allowing nature to work its magic, transforming a simple mixture of ingredients into something truly extraordinary. And when the time comes to shape the buns, it’s like sculpting a work of art. Each ball of dough, perfectly portioned and lovingly formed, holds the promise of a delicious meal to come.

But perhaps the most magical moment of all is when you slide the trays of buns into the oven. As they bake, your kitchen fills with the irresistible aroma of freshly baked bread – a scent that awakens memories of lazy summer afternoons and backyard barbecues. And when you finally pull them out, golden and glistening with promise, you know that something truly special awaits.

Hamburger Buns

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Cook Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

Ingredients:

  • o 20 gr flour.
  • o 87 gr milk.

Dough (105 gr per bun):

Ingredients:

  • o 110 gr milk.
  • o 9 gr yeast.
  • o 320 gr flour.
  • o 7 gr salt.
  • o 40 gr sugar.
  • o 1 egg.
  • o 1 egg yolk.
  • o 100 gr butter.

Instructions
 

Preparation:

  • In a saucepan over low heat, mix the milk and flour until everything is incorporated and a paste is formed.
  • Dough (105 gr per bun):
  • Preparation:
  • Sift the flour.
  • Activate yeast with warm milk. Let it rest for a few minutes.
  • In a mixer, mix all the dry ingredients, add milk, tangzhong, and eggs gradually. Develop gluten.
  • Add butter little by little.
  • Ferment for an hour, then deflate and divide into 6 equal balls of the same shape.
  • Let them ferment again until they double in size.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F for 16-20 minutes.

Best things in life are made from scratch.

So why settle for store-bought when you can create your own hamburger buns, each one a testament to your skill and passion? With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of patience, you can craft buns that elevate any burger from ordinary to extraordinary. So go ahead, roll up your sleeves, and embark on a culinary adventure that’s sure to delight both you and your guests. After all, the best things in life are made from scratch.

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Brioche

Brioche

by | Jan 5, 2024 | Baking, Breakfast, Brunch

Golden Treasures: Unlocking the Delights of Homemade Brioche

In the quiet of dawn, there’s a whisper in the kitchen, a soft rustling of flour meeting yeast, a dance of ingredients coming together to create something truly magical – the brioche. As the sun peeks through the curtains, filling the room with a warm glow, it’s time to embark on a journey of culinary delight, following a recipe that promises to elevate your morning ritual to new heights.

The Art of Preparation

Every masterpiece starts with a foundation, and for our brioche, it begins with a delicate sponge. In a symphony of flavors, flour meets yeast, activated by a splash of warm milk, and a drizzle of golden honey. As the ingredients intertwine, they rest, allowing the yeast to work its magic, transforming the mixture into a frothy, bubbling concoction over 45 minutes.

With the sponge laying the groundwork, it’s time for the dough to take center stage. In a mixer, flour, sugar, eggs, and salt unite, each adding its own melody to the composition. But it’s the addition of the sponge that truly sets the stage for greatness. As the mixer whirls, the dough begins to come to life, slowly pulling away from the sides, a sign of its impending transformation. Butter, the secret ingredient to richness, is added gradually, each pat melting into the dough, infusing it with indulgent flavor. Covered and left to ferment, the dough breathes, doubling in size as it dreams of the delicious destiny that awaits.

With patience and precision, the dough is gently deflated, its airy texture begging to be shaped into something extraordinary. Divided into equal parts, each portion is lovingly flattened into a rectangle, then folded like a cherished letter, a ritual of care and attention. Rolling each piece with practiced hands, they are nestled into molds, their potential evident as they rise, doubling in size once more. A glaze of golden egg yolk is brushed lovingly over their surface, a promise of the decadence to come.

As the oven preheats to a perfect 375°F, anticipation fills the air. Molds, greased and lined with parchment, eagerly await their cargo. With a gentle touch, the molds are placed in the oven, the brioche baking slowly, filling the kitchen with the aroma of buttery goodness. Minutes pass like hours as we wait, the scent growing more tantalizing with each passing moment. And then, just as anticipation reaches its peak, they emerge from the oven, golden brown and glistening, a testament to our patience and dedication.

Brioche

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Prep Time 28 minutes
Resting Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 13 minutes

Ingredients
  

For the sponge:

Ingredients:

  • o 128g flour.
  • o 1 packet of yeast.
  • o 1/2 cup of milk.
  • o 1 tablespoon of honey.

Dough:

Ingredients:

  • o 6 eggs.
  • o 384g flour.
  • o 105g sugar.
  • o 12g salt.
  • o 227g butter.

Instructions
 

For the sponge:

    Preparation:

    • Activate yeast with warm milk and let it rest for 5 minutes.
    • Add honey and flour.
    • Let rest for 45 minutes.

    Dough:

      Preparation:

      • Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease molds and prepare with parchment paper.
      • In a mixer, add flour, sugar, eggs, salt, and the sponge.
      • Beat until the dough starts to pull away from the sides, at least 13 minutes.
      • Add butter gradually until it incorporates completely and the dough pulls away from the sides.
      • Cover the buttered dough in a bowl and let it ferment for 60 minutes or until it doubles in size.
      • Deflate the dough and divide it into two equal parts.
      • Divide each part into 6. Flatten each part into a rectangle, fold it like a letter, flatten it again, and roll each one of the parts.
      • Place the 6 rolls into a mold.
      • Cover and let it double in size.
      • Brush with egg yolk and bake on the middle rack for at least 30 minutes or until completely golden brown.
      • Remove from the oven and let cool.

      Heaven’s Secret: Mastering the Art of Brioche

      As we gaze upon our creation, a sense of pride washes over us. The brioche, once a simple mixture of flour and yeast, has been transformed into a work of art, a testament to the power of patience and passion.

      With eager hands, we remove them from their molds, their soft crumb yielding beneath our touch. And as we take that first, blissful bite, we are transported to a world of pure delight, where every mouthful is a symphony of flavors, a celebration of the simple joys of life.

      So, dear friends, as you embark on your own culinary journey, remember the magic that lies within a simple recipe. For in the kitchen, as in life, it is the moments of patience and passion that truly make our creations shine.

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