Asian Pastry Recipe – Make Authentic Asian Pastries at Your Home
Comparing Asian & Western Pastry
In Western markets, one could find varied forms of pastries ranging from biscuits to bagels to tarts and souffles etc.
But true pastry lovers know how minimal this range is as compared to the types of pastries available in the Asian market.
The Chinese have given us some exciting pastries which are heaven for food lovers.
They are not only made using wheat but can sometimes use rice as their major ingredient. Food lovers, who love to experiment, will surely fall in love with them.
Various Types of Asian Pastry Recipes
The various types of Chinese pastries are available in every imaginable size and shape as they range from flavours such as coconut curry puffs to Thai shrimp spirals.
They are categorized according to the baking time required and whether they serve as sweet or savoury.
Some of the more popular Asian pastries include Char Siu Bao and Mantou.
Char Siu Bao is basically Chinese buns that are stuffed with barbeque pork.
They basically act as an appetizer in Chinese dining customs and are available at every bakery and confectionery.
In China, they are popular grab-and-eat street snacks.
Mantou is a Chinese white-bread stuffed bun which is made using wheat.
They are popular only in those areas of China, where wheat, and not rice, forms the staple diet of the population.
This bun is prepared using the steaming and is not actually baked. Due to the steaming of these buns, what one gets in their mouth is a round softball of foodgasmic delight.
The other popular Asian pastry are wife cake, egg tart, moon cake longevity buns, sweet pineapple bread (po lo bao), sausage bread, Japanese light cakes.
How to make Asian Pastry?
Asian pastries are easy to make and do not require too much of “unorganized labour” in the kitchen to get them right.
Homemade steamed Asian buns are freshly unique and almost always turn out to be delicious.
For a friend’s party at home, they work as ideal appetizers.
Everyone can just pop a couple of them and stuff their stomach with something easy to make and delicious to eat.
How to make Char Siu Bao?
Ingredients:
Cornstarch- Garlic
- Scallion
- Barbecued Pork
- Oyster Sauce
- Soy sauce
- Sugar
- Oil
- Chicken Stock
Baking Methods:
- Put oil in a wok and heat it and then fry scallion and garlic. After stirring them, add sugar and oyster and soy sauce.
Cornstarch must be dissolved in the stock of chicken and then it must be poured into the wok. Stir the mixture till the pork gets a golden colour.
- Knead dough into sausage-shaped rolls. Slice them into small pieces and flatten the pieces and stuff the fillings.
- Twist the pleats to secure the fillings inside.
- Put the buns on an aluminium foil and keep them on a steamer tray till the dough gets smoother.
- Steam them again in boiling water for another 8-10 minutes.
- Get ready to serve and relish.
How to make Mantou?
Ingredients:
- Milk
- Yeast
- Low-Gluten Flour
- Water
- Vegetable Oil
- Caster Sugar
Baking Methods:
- Take a bowl and put all the ingredients in it. Add vegetable flour and mix together the ingredients.
- Knead dough slowly.
- Shape it in the form of a ball and let it rest.
- Divide dough into equal portions.
- Steam these balls till they get fluffy. Serve warm.
- Add curry sauce or hot chocolate to relish the delicious steamed buns.
Why learn to Make Asian Pastry Delights?
Amateur bakers always tend to be sceptical before trying to take up Asian Pastry Making Class.
The lack of familiarity with appliances and flavours used tends to make people doubt their skills at it.
But this baking class is aimed to change this trend.
We teach you how to delight yourself, your family and your friends with amazing bakery skills using such simple techniques.
Within a few weeks, you get the level of “Pro” from “Beginner” with practice.
So what’s the wait? Contact us for more information on the class schedules today!