ingot flaky pastry (with shaping instructions) 元宝酥 (附整形图解）٩(๑ơలơ)۶♡

haven’t made puff pastry or something-something 酥 for a long time…. i do find it tiring from the kneading, weighing, rolling to shaping etc…. so whenever i make one of these, i tire out totally…. but it’s all worth it о(ж＞▽＜)ｙ ☆

Recipe

Ingredients (makes 18 ingots)

Oil dough
170g all purpose flour
10g pumpkin powder
55g pastry margarine
180ml warm water
30g sugar

Oil pastry
140g cake flour
70g pastry margarine

Filling
450g lotus paste filling (divided into 18 equal portions in advance)

egg wash

食材（可做 18个元宝酥）

油皮
面粉 170克
南瓜粉 10克
起酥油 55克
温水 180毫升
糖 30克

油酥
蛋糕粉 140克
起酥油 70克

内陷
莲蓉馅 450克（分割成 18等份）

Directions/做法

– prepare oil dough: mix flour and sugar together with pumpkin powder. add in water carefully to form a dough and knead in pastry margarine. incorporate well and wrap with cling wrap. allow dough to rest for 15 mins
制作油皮：面粉、糖和南瓜粉混合。加入水，搓揉成团后揉入起酥油。揉匀后，盖上保鲜膜，静置 15分钟

• prepare oil pastry: cut pastry margarine into flour and rub in with fingers carefully and mix till you get a soft dough. do not over mix
  制作油酥：起酥油用手指揉入面粉，揉成面团。不可过于揉面

• divide both oil dough and oil pastry into 18 equal portions and start shaping
  油皮和油酥分隔成 18等份

wrap a portion of oil pastry with oil dough
油酥裹入油皮

seal seams
封口捏紧

roll out gently into a long oval shape
擀成椭圆形

roll the dough up jelly-style and turn it 90 degrees
卷起后，逆时钟转 90度

roll out once again into a long rectangular shape
再次干成长方形

once again, roll it up jelly-style and turn it 90 degrees
再次卷起、逆时钟转 90度

sit dough upwards and then press it flat down into a disc
面团肃着摆，往下压成面皮

place a portion of filling on rolled out disc and wrap tightly
取一分馅料，放到擀平了的面皮，包紧

roll it out into a log shape
揉成长形

press the sides of the dough flat as above… the length of my dough at this stage is around 6cm
将两侧的面皮压扁。此时，我的面团约 6厘米长

fold both the sides up
两侧往上折

then press the sides (the four corners) of the ingot towards the main body of the dough with the thumb and index fingers of both hands
用拇指和食指将两侧的四角往元宝内压出元宝形

– brush all ingots with 2 coats of egg wash
元宝刷上两层蛋液

• bake in preheated oven of 180 degrees for 20 mins
  送入预热至 180摄氏度烤箱烤 20分钟即可

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