Milk bread Is a broad term used to describe light, fluffy brots made with the tangjong method, a technique that involves pre-cooked some of the flour and milk in a soft paste before mixing the dough.
Milk bread in Japan and is often referred to as Japanese milk bread or hokkaido milk bread. (Hokkaido is an island and prefecture in Japan known for its dairy.) While the exact origins are unclear (some track it all the way back to the middle-to-late 19th century was popular in Japan after the World War in the world War, when rice shortage in the country led to imports of American wheat, and therefore a rise of bread's popularity in Japanese diets and cuisine. Milk bread became the de facto everyday Bread over Japan, found in bakery and markets. It is also called Shokupan (which loosely transforms to “everyday bread, and soft exterior.
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The secret to that signature pieces is the Tangjong method. With origins in Japan's Yukone (or Yudane) technique, tangegeong is a highly bread technique Pinnix popularity, across Asia through Taiwan chef on her book 65 ° C bread Doctor. Tangjong involves cook some of the flour in liquid before the liquid before adding it to the remaining dough ingredients. Bring the farm's temperature and liquid to 65 ° C) Pre-gelatinizes the flour starches, which makes them more able to retain the resulting the closing bread.
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In addition to making the loaf soft and humid, the Tangjong method helps the loaf stay fresh more. This is because the pre-gelatinized starches help the loaf retain extra network, which prevents stalling even as days pass.
Although traditional milk bread is upward, the style of bread has become a blank canvas for various flavors and shapes. In addition to classic Japanese milk breadYou can make Japanese milk bread rollsOr even Milk Bread Donuts. Or try Chocolate milk breadWhich straddles the line between breakfast and dessert. And if you want a striking bread, it's Tiger Milk Bread, Marbled match milk breadAnd Almond Croissant milk bread.
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Cover photo (Almond Croissant milk bread) By Patrick Marinello; Foods stealing by Yekaterina Boytsova.