SIOPAO

Source of Recipe: Playing with My Food, http://pwmf.blogspot.com/

Siopao Dough:     

    

     Starter Dough:

                       175grams cake flour

                       1/2tsp  yeast

                       1/2tsp  sugar

                       160grams water

      Dissolve sugar and yeast in water, then add the cake flour. Mix everything together and prove until

      double or overnight.

       Main Dough:                                                             

                       200grams starter dough

                       50 grams sugar

                       2tsp double acting baking powder

                       3tsp water

                       100grams all purpose flour

                       20 grams shortening

     Mix sugar with starter dough until sugar dissolves. Add baking powder, water and shortening.

     Mix until smooth. Finally add flour and knead for a few minutes. Let dough rest for 10 minutes.

     Divide the dough into 8 portions then wrap filling. Rest for 30 minutes then steam for 8 to 10

     minutes.

     Note:  Mix the leftover starter dough (135 grams) with 1/2tsp. sugar, 120grams cake flour,

                and 80 grams water then prove overnight. This is more starter dough to start a recipe again.

                For the filling I used sauteed Purefoods corned beef, 135gram can is enough to fill the

                8 portions of siopao dough. In 1 T. olive oil, saute 1T minced garlic, 2 sliced small onion,

                and 1/4t ground pepper.  Add the corned beef and cook the mixture until almost dry.Cool

                then divide the filling into 8 portions and use to fill the 8 siopao doughs.