The Fresh Loaf

A Community of Amateur Bakers and Artisan Bread Enthusiasts.

Whole wheat green tea bread with red bean filling

MadAboutB8's picture
MadAboutB8

Whole wheat green tea bread with red bean filling

Green tea and red bean are the food pair that I love.  The bitterness from green tea complements the sweetness from the red bean paste really well. I have the left over of red bean paste I made for my homemade green tea ice cream last week. I have a big container of it and I don't like to see them going to waste. So, it makes a perfect timing to get on baking some green tea bread buns.

I used the white bread sandwich loaf recipe from Peter Reinhart's Bread Baker Apprentice cookbook as a base. This bread is more like enriched bread than sweet bread. I figured that the red bean paste would add the richness and sweetness to the breads. Therefore, the recipe should be fine with just enriched bread dough.

I used 80% whole wheat (12% protein) and 20% all-purpose flour (10% protein) as flour mixture. You can also substitute these with bread flour, which should results in softer bread. I brushed the buns with milk, followed by melted butter, instead of egg-wash. So, this has resulted in less shiny crust.

I like to think that this bread is relatively healthy. It got high percentage whole wheat flour, green tea powder (rich in vitamin C and antioxidant), and red beans (irons, protein, fibre). So, it make a good alternative snack.

If you're interested in the recipe, you can find it here:> http://youcandoitathome.blogspot.com/2010/11/whole-wheat-green-tea-bread-bun-with.html

 I made into three different shapes, flower shape ones (this picture), bread rolls in bread tin, bread rolls in cake pan

 Yummy red bean paste that I can just have them straight without any bread or ice cream.

 Sue

http://youcandoitathome.blogspot.com/

Comments

Mebake's picture
Mebake

Yum, Sue, Tasty Healthy snack! Well done..

MadAboutB8's picture
MadAboutB8

It's yummy. It also taste better on the next day as the bread becomes sligthly softer.

Cheers,

Sue

http://youcandoitathome.blogspot.com/

spsq's picture
spsq

I'm bookmarking this.  I love red bean paste!

Thanks for the idea!

MadAboutB8's picture
MadAboutB8

You're welcome spsq...you'll love this bread.

Sue