Steamed Sou Pao

Jeanne taught me how to do this. We did this in March but thought that it might interest some of you so I decided to post this here.



Ingredients: (for 4 pieces of paos)
80g Lam Soon American Roses Special Wheat Flour (南順美玫牌頂級麵粉)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp castor sugar
1/2 tsp instant yeast
40ml warm water

Filling:
80g lotus seed paste divided into 20g each
1 salted egg yolk divided into 4 portions (steam salted egg yolk for 2 minutes)

Method:
1. Mix warm water with yeast and let it rest for 5 minutes.
2. Sieve flour and baking powder together into a mixing bowl and stir in sugar till well mixed.
3. Pour yeast solution into flour mixture and knead to form a smooth dough. Cut up the dough and check if there are holes in the dough. If no holes then dough is ready else carry on kneading. 4. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces of 33 - 34g each and wrap with 20g filling and 1/4 egg yolk. Form dough into sou pao shape.
5. Let it prove in a warm place for 20 minutes.
6. Steam on high heat for 8 minutes.
7. Use the back of a knife to impress a line on the steamed paos as in the picture above.
8. Sprinkle some red colouring using toothbrush and a toothpick by dabbing the toothbrush with red coloring and using the toothpick to make zigzag movements on the toothbrush.