Chinese seed method is to use more than 50% flour and yeast, water and other materials to mix into dough for fermentation and ripening to get seed dough, and then mix with other materials to make main dough for fermentation. Compared with the direct method, the bread made by the Chinese method has a long fermentation time and a complex operation. If you have time, you can try this method. The bread made by the Chinese method is soft and delicious.
Step1:Put the medium materials in the recipe into the toaster and knead them evenly. Start the fermentation. There are different sizes of eggs. They can be adjusted with the amount of water.
Step2:The dough has expanded to 23 times its size. Open it to see that it is full of brushed honeycomb. At this time, the fermentation is over. Because it's night. The color of the dough is different from that of the day.
Step3:Add all the remaining ingredients except butter. Open the pasta program. It's 30 minutes at home.
Step4:End of blending. Look at the film.
Step5:Add the butter. Restart the blending process.
Step6:After the second mixing, the dough can pull the smooth film. At this time, the second fermentation is carried out.
Step7:Ferment the dough to 2.3 times the size. You can check it - stick your finger in flour and poke a hole. It's ok if it doesn't shrink or collapse. Hole shrinkage indicates insufficient fermentation and collapse indicates excessive fermentation.
Step8:Let the dough out of the air. Divide into 9 parts and roll them into a cake shape.
Step9:Fold it up and down.
Step10:After all, the film will be relaxed for 510 minutes.
Step11:Roll the dough into a long cone, roll it out, roll it up from the thick end, and close it down.
Step12:Put it in the baking tray for fermentation after all. My home is Yangchen square non stick baking tray 28 * 28.
Step13:Brush the whole egg liquid on the surface after it's about 1-5 times of the size. Preheat the oven a few minutes in advance at 180 ℃. In the middle layer, it's about 18 minutes. When the surface of the bread is almost colored, cover it with tin paper.
Step14:About 20 minutes. The small meal bag is out of the oven. I brush a layer of honey water. So it looks bright. In fact, it's one o'clock in the morning. The Chinese method takes a long time.
Step15:Finished product. It was taken in the evening. It looks good. Let it cool and put it in the bag when the bread is slightly hot. It will be softer the next day.
Step16:Finished product.
Cooking tips:The total amount of flour in this recipe is 250g. The liquid (egg, water) needs about 150g. Because the water absorption of different brands of flour is different, it can be adjusted according to the actual situation. The dough is slightly soft and easy to roll out the film. There are skills in making delicious dishes.