Hong Kong Style Sausage Roll
Soft and fluffy - Hong Kong style Sausage Roll that is so delicious and easy to make!
Ingredients
Bread Dough
- 60 g Flour
- 85 ml Water lukewarm
- 20 ml Milk
- 30 g Butter
- 375 g Bread Flour
- 7 g Dried Yeast
- 60 g Sugar
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 12 pcs Sausages
- 20 g Egg Egg Wash
Tongzhong
- 30 g Bread Flour
- 150 ml Water
Instructions
Tongzhong
- Mix the water and flour in a small pot over medium heat, stir constantly until it thickens like a paste.
- Remove from heat and let it cool aside.
Bread Rolls
- Heat up the water and milk mixture until it’s around 50 degrees. Add the sugar and mix well. Add the yeast as well, gently mix it a bit and let it sit for 10 minutes. You should see the yeast dissolve in the water and may start looking a bit foamy. This process is to activate the yeast.
- When the yeast is ready, add 60g of egg, bread flour, a pinch of salt and tongzhong to the yeast mix. Start mixing it with a spoon, then start kneading it with a hand mixer or by hand (I usually start with a hand mixer, and finish it by hand). Transfer it to a clean table and knead more if necessary. When it becomes a smooth dough, add the butter to the dough and knead until it is smooth again.
- Leave it in a big bowl that is dusted with flour to prove for 45-60 minutes.
- Take the dough out of the bowl when time is up. The dough should have doubled in size. Press out all the air from the dough.
- Equally divide the dough into 12 portions (I weigh the total weight of the dough to make sure each portion is equal, but that’s not necessary.) Roll each portion to a long rope with a diameter of 1-1.5cm and a length of ~25cm (the goal is to make sure it is at a good length to wrap around the sausage.)
- Wrap the bread dough around the sausage and put it on the baking pan/container. (It will not be easy to transfer it until the bread is baked.)
- Cover with cling film or a clean damp cloth to leave it to prove for another 45mins.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Brush some egg wash on the bread before putting into the oven. This will give a shiny look for the bread once it’s done.
- Put it in the oven and bake for around 15mins or until it turns golden-brown.
- Let it cool down a bit and it’s ready to eat!
Notes
The dough can be a little bit sticky, dust a little bit of flour to avoid stickiness. But be careful not to add too much flour.