Matcha Red Bean Swirl Bread
Swirl happily into this weekend with this whimsical, soft & fluffy Matcha Red Bean Swirl Bread. Serve the goodness of this delightful bread to your loved ones, add extra sweetness with some red beans, and voila. YUM!! Made with Suncore Foods® Midori Jade Matcha Powder to create this magical swirl and delightful flavor. This beautiful bread is a perfect blank canvas, so let's get creative, spread your favorite toppings and enjoy! Have fun baking!
Ingredients
Red Bean:
50g red bean, soaked overnight
150g water
2 tbsp sugar or maple syrup
Bread (makes 1 pound bread):
250g bread flour
180g milk of choice
1 tbsp sugar of choice
3g instant dry yeast
5g tsp salt
25g dairy free butter
5g Suncore Foods® Midori Jade Matcha Powder dissolved in 3 tsp water
Directions
1. Bean Bean — Add water and soaked red bean to a saucepan. Cook for 40 mins over medium heat. Then pour the red bean into a mesh sieve and strain. Add sugar/maple syrup and mix well. Allow to cool.
2. Bread — In a stand mixer, add all ingredients except for butter. Mixing on low-medium speed with the hook attachment until the dough comes together, about 10 mins. Add butter, a few pieces at a time. Scrape down the bowl. Continue to kneading on medium speed for 10 mins until the dough is smooth. Remove half of the dough from the mixer, set aside. Add dissolved Suncore Foods® Midori Jade Matcha Powder into the half dough and continue kneading until it combined. Knead plain dough and matcha dough into balls. Cover let them proof for 1 hour until doubled in size. Transfer to a clean surface. Form the dough into a ball and let it rest for 10 mins. Roll out dough until they form thin rectangle. Sprinkle red beans. Place matcha dough on top of the white dough, roll it out and begin rolling up the dough along the wide/long side of the rectangle, Place it in a bread pan and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Bake at 190 c for 30 minutes.