BAO with meat or vegetable pâté (vegetarian recipe)

Ingredients for 10 Bao

Bao paste :

• 340 g wheat flour
• 80 g sugar
• 150 ml water
• 15 g oil 
• 1 sachet of yeast

Meat pie stuffing :

• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 clove of garlic, chopped
• 2 mushrooms
• 150 g pork loin, chopped
• 1 sausage (Chinese if possible) cut into rings
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, diced
• Soya sauce  

Vegetable stuffing (vegetarian recipe) :

• 250 g champagne 
• 150 g lamb's lettuce 
• 2 onions
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• A few sprigs of parsley 
• salt and pepper

Other :

• Parchment paper

 

Preparation steps :

 

The paste :

 

1. Place the flour in a bowl. Make a well in it and add the sugar, yeast and oil. Knead the dough, adding water little by little.

 

2. Leave the dough in the bowl for two hours covered with a damp cloth.

 

THE STUFFING OF CHOICE

The meat pie filling :

1. Mix all the ingredients for the stuffing in a bowl. Form 10 balls of stuffing.

 

Or vegetable stuffing (vegetarian recipe):

1. Wash the mushrooms and lamb's lettuce. Cut them into cubes.

 

2. Wash and dice the onions.

 

3. In a frying pan over low heat, pour in the oil, add the onions and leave to blanch for 5 minutes.

 

4. Then add the mushrooms and lamb's lettuce to the pan and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes until the vegetables have melted.

 

5. Add salt, pepper and a little parsley.

 

6. Mix everything together with a wooden spoon and simmer on a low heat for 1 to 2 minutes.

 

Bao formation with stuffing:

1. When the resting time is over, cut the dough into 10 squares.

 

2. Place a dumpling of your choice of filling on each piece of dough to form the Bao. Close each Bao by welding the four corners together.

 

3. Place each formed Bao on a square of baking parchment and steam for 10-15 minutes.

 

TIPS & TRICKS

How to steam?

• Pour a small amount of water (about 2 to 5 cm) into a saucepan and bring to the boil.

 

• Take a chino and place it in your pan with the Bao on top. Make sure that your Bao are not in direct contact with the water.

 

• Cover your pan with the lid during the cooking time.

Crédits recette : https://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_banh-bao-pate-de-viande-vietnamien_61858.aspx 

The perfect match from your wine merchant:

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