Sweet Treats Garlic Cream Cheese Shio Pan
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Garlic Cream Cheese Shio Pan

15 minutes

Soft, fluffy shio pan buns filled with spring onion cream cheese and finished with a rich garlic butter topping, baked until golden and irresistible.

Makes: ~29

Cook Time: 75 minutes for cooking + 90 minutes for fermenting the dough + 10-15 minutes resting the dough

Ingredients

3g Sugar - Garlic Butter Sauce
5g Black Pepper - Filling
5g Salt - Filling
70g Spring Onion, finely chopped - Filling
20g Sugar - Filling
300g Grated Mozzarella - Filling
400g Sour Cream - Filling
500g Cream Cheese (Softened) - Filling
1 Egg - Garlic Butter Sauce
2g Dried Parsley - Garlic Butter Sauce
2g Salt - Garlic Butter Sauce
936g Bread Flour (Beta) - Shio Pan Dough
10g Garlic Granules - Garlic Butter Sauce
20g Garlic Powder - Garlic Butter Sauce
100g Melted Butter - Garlic Butter Sauce
62.4g Butter - Shio Pan Dough
811.2g Water - Shio Pan Dough
62.4g Milk Powder - Shio Pan Dough
48.8g Fresh Yeast - Shio Pan Dough
18.7g Salt - Shio Pan Dough
93.6g Sugar - Shio Pan Dough
312g Flour (Epic) - Shio Pan Dough

Method

Prepare the Dough

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine bread, flour, sugar, salt, milk powder
  2. Add fresh yeast and water - mix until a rough dough forms
  3. Knead until gluten is developed (smooth and elastic)
  4. Add butter and knead until fully incorporated
  5. Dough temperature target = 24–26°C

 

Divide and Shape

  1. Divide dough into ~29 equal portions
  2. Pre-shape into balls and rest for 10-15 minutes
  3. Shape into classic shio pan rolls with butter in the middle, brushed with truffle oil
  4. Place on lined baking trays
  5. Proof at 30–32°C, 75–80% humidity for 45–60 minutes, until puffy and light

 

First Bake (Initial Bake)

  1. Oven temperature: 180°C (356°F)
  2. Bake time: 10–12 minutes
  3. Bake until light golden on top and fully risen but not deeply browned
  4. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly until safe to handle

 

Prepare Fillings While Cooling

Garlic Butter

  1. Mix all garlic butter ingredients until smooth
  2. Set aside at room temperature

Spring Onion Cream Cheese

  1. Mix cream cheese and sour cream until smooth
  2. Fold in mozzarella, sugar, salt, pepper and spring onion
  3. Keep refrigerated until ready to use

 

Stuffing and Second Bake

  1. Slice each bun horizontally, keeping one side attached it desired
  2. Spread garlic butter generously on both cut sides
  3. Pipe or spoon spring onion cream cheese filing inside. Brush extra garlic button top

 

Second Bake (Finish Bake)

  1. Oven temperature: 190°C (374°F)
  2. Bake time: 3 minutes