German square bread
A bread that coexists with appearance and taste. The sweet and sour taste of cranberries, the richness of custard sauce, and the fragrant pine of crispy grains are between the taste of bread and cake. Of course, there is also her plump appearance.
The practice of German square bread
Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for the dough section.
Step 2
Put the dough ingredients other than butter and cranberries into the chef’s kneading bucket.
Step 3
Mix on low speed to medium speed and knead until the dough can pull out the thick film.
Step 4
Add softened butter.
Step 5
Mix again at low speed to medium speed, knead until a more tough film can be pulled, and the dough temperature is controlled below 28 degrees.
Step 6
Add 30 g of cranberries to the kneaded dough.
Step 7
Knead evenly, round up, put in a container, cover with a lid and proceed with basic fermentation.
Step 8
When it is fermented, we make custard sauce and puff paste. Make custard sauce first, add sugar to the eggs, mix well with a manual whisk, and sift in low-gluten flour.
Step 9
Stir well with a spatula and set aside.
Step 10
Heat the milk over low heat until it boils, turn off the heat.
Step 11
Pour into the egg batter and mix well.
Step 12
Sift once, then pour back into the milk pot.
Step 13
Heat over low heat
Step 14
Stir constantly
Step 15
Until thickened and removed from heat, custard sauce is ready Treat.
Step 16
After cooling slightly, put it in a piping bag with a piping spout for later use
Step 17
Then make the puff pastry, mix softened butter, powdered sugar, and low-gluten flour.
Step 18
Put on disposable gloves, knead evenly, roll into fine mud particles, and set aside.
Step 19
The dough rises to twice its size.
Step 20
Take it out and pat the exhaust with your palm
Step 21
Round it up, cover with plastic wrap and let it rest for 15 minutes.
Step 22
After the dough is relaxed, it is rolled out into a square shape with a rolling pin.
Step 23
Put it into a 7-inch mold, the mold is 18*18*8cmcm Yangchen heightened mold.
Step 24
Put in the oven and ferment again until large on both sides
Step 25
Brush the surface with whole egg liquid and cross-squeeze custard sauce.
Step 26
Place cranberries in a small trellis and sprinkle with crispy grains on the surface.
Step 27
Put in a preheated oven on top and bottom to 170 degrees and bake for 35 minutes.
Step 28
After baking, remove from the oven and gently shake the mold.
Step 29
Remove the mold and let it cool.
Step 30
Cut into pieces and enjoy. It’s like cake and bread, super delicious.
Cooking tips for German square bread
