Pineapple Bun

Name: Pineapple Bun
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Bun dough: 300g bread flour, 40g sugar, 1 egg, 140ml milk, 5g yeast, 30g butter; Topping: 60g butter, 70g icing sugar, 1 egg yolk, 100g flour, 2 tbsp milk powder; Egg wash; Cold butter slices, to serve (optional)

菠萝包/boh-loh BAO/

Also known as: Bo Lo Bao, Bolo Bao, Polo Bun, Bo Lo Yau

About this dish

A soft, sweet Hong Kong bun with a crackly, golden sugar-cookie top that looks like a pineapple's skin, often served with a slab of butter.

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Ingredients

🌾Bun dough: 300g bread flour, 40g sugar, 1 egg, 140ml milk, 5g yeast, 30g butter

🧈Topping: 60g butter, 70g icing sugar, 1 egg yolk, 100g flour, 2 tbsp milk powder

🥚Egg wash

🧈Cold butter slices, to serve (optional)

Method

Serves 2

Knead the bun dough until smooth and elastic, then let it rise until doubled.

Mix the topping ingredients into a soft cookie dough.

Shape the dough into balls and leave to rise again.

Flatten a disc of topping over each bun, brush with egg and score into a criss-cross.

Bake at 190°C (375°F) for 15 minutes until golden and cracked. Serve warm, with butter if you like.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bo lo baau contains no pineapple; it's a Hong Kong bakery and cha chaan teng icon, and 'bo lo yau' comes with cold butter inside.

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