The ascent of the worldwide fame of our purple yam and ube has brought plenty of new food thoughts and creations. Ube provides no restriction concerning what you can make with it. The versatile Ube can be used to prepare yummy ice creams, halaya, cheesecake, cakes, and many other delicacies.
The Ube Cheese Pandesal has taken the spotlight in the local scene and consists rich amount of essential nutrients, thereby making it healthy and beneficial. Super-soft and tasty with an extreme purple-yam flavor and melty cheddar filling, Ube Cheese Pandesal is incredible for breakfast or anytime snack.
Experimenting with different kinds of baked goods is genuinely fun, and the most blazing pick of all is the Ube Cheese Pandesal.If you are a person who loves pandesal, you’ll begin to look all starry-eyed at the yam version.
How to make Ube Cheese Pandesal?
Ingredients required:
- For milk paste:
- 20 Grams Bread Flour
- 1/2 Cup Whole Milk
- For main dough:
- 320 Grams Bread Flour
- 1/4 Cup Ube Powder
- 4 TBSP Softened Butter
- 1 Egg
- 4 TBSP Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/2 cup Evaporated Milk (If you don’t have Evaporated Milk just use ½ cup of Whole Milk)
- 1 Pack Instant Rise Yeast
- For filling:
- 1 Cup Ube Halaya
- 16 Small cubes of Cheese
- For coating:
- Bread Crumbs
Method of preparation:
- Preparing the dough:
Cook 20gms of bread flour with a half cup of whole milk. Make sure to cook it over medium-low or medium heat to obtain a paste-like consistency. Keep it aside.In another bowl, add instant rise yeast, sugar, and kosher salt to bread flour. Whisk the roux paste with a half cup of evaporated milk, one egg, and ¼ cup of ube powder. Add this roux blend to the bread flour. Consolidate every one of these ingredients in a standing mixer at low speed. Add a little bit of softened butter at a time once the ingredients are well consolidated. Increase the mixer speed to level 4 to integrate the butter well. Mix the dough for roughly 8 minutes at level 4 speed. Do the stretch test to check if the batter is ready to prepare pandesal. The batter is ready if it only stretches but doesn’t tear. Take a bowl, pre-grease it. Add the dough into this bowl and cover it with a clean kitchen towel. Place this bowl in the oven and let it bake for 1hour.
- Preparing ube cheese pandesal:
After an hour, punch the dough to release maximum air bubbles. Divide the dough into 16 pieces and flatten them. To each piece, add Cheese and Ube Halaya in the center and structure it into a decent round shape. When all buns are filled and molded, move them in breadcrumbs and give them a pleasant coating.
Keep them in your pre-lubed bakeware, cover with a kitchen towel, and set them back in the broiler with lights on for 30 minutes. Following 30 minutes, remove the buns from the oven. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Heat at 350 for 20 minutes.The delicious Ube Cheese Pandesal is ready to be served and enjoyed! Every bite of this ultra-soft and fluffy dish is bread heaven!
