BEET BUTTER FLAKES (PINKY SPECIAL BUNS WITH BEET)

June 16, 2023

GENOISE CLASSIC / SPONGE CAKE / STRAWBERRY CAKE

Giới thiệu

June 16, 2023 5:53pm

This bun or roll has an official name, called butter flake. I ate it for the first time 20 years ago at the Sheraton Saigon Hotel, where I worked as a hostess for fine dining. It tastes so soft, like fluffy clouds, and fragrant with butter. I used to generously spread a thick layer of butter on it. (Well, when you are 19 years old, working and studying and fulling around the whole day, a bad diet is not a big issue 😂).
So, after a long time, I made the butter flake with beet, which gives it a beautiful color.
My daughter commented, "Wow, super soft like heaven; it is addictive." 😍😍 yay!!

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Nguyên liệu

140gr beet, peeled and boiled
170 milk without sugar
80 - 100g water
50gr sugar
550gr flour
60gr butter
7gr dried yeast or 10 gr fresh yeast

For brushing:

40 gr butter

Cách làm

Blend the beet with water and milk till become a smooth mixture
Add flour and sugar

Beat around 15 mins till the dough become smooth
Add yeast, mix another 4 mins
Add 60gr melted butter
Beat another 10 mins till obtain an elastic dough
Cover the dough, let leaven around 2 hours (in winter with room temperature around 19 degree Celsius, it could take longer)

When the dough rises double, punch it and beat it a bit
Roll the dough around 5mm thick
Brush the 40 gr melted butter on the surface
Cut the dough into squares, around 2/3 the height of your cupcake molds

Lay the square one on top another on a way that there is the butter layer between them. Combine around 4 squares together, don't press them
Put the butter flake into cup cake mold
Let them rest around 40 mins or till they proof (become) 70% bigger
Prepare oven 220 celsius degree, lay a big cup of water (in an oven friendly material) into the oven to creat steam if you have an "antique oven" like me

Put the butter flakes in.
After 10 mins, turn the oven to 180 degree celsius and cook another 7 mins or so or until the flakes become darker in color
Turn off heat, allow the butter flakes to cool down
Enjoy them with some butter and marmalade -- this is kinda British I guess 😜 we dont eat jam with butter on bread in Vietnam 🇻🇳😁