Thermomix Green Tea Azuki Cheese Soft Buns

Ingredients – Poolish

• 70g of water
• ¼ teaspoon dry yeast
• 100g of high protein flour
• ½tsp salt

Ingredients – Azuki bean stuffing

• 120g of cream cheese
• 10g of icing sugar
• 50g of honey red beans
• 30g of dried cranberries

Ingredients – Soft Bread Dough

• 1 tsp of dry yeast powder
• 200-210g of milk
• 20g of sugar
• 250g of high protein flour
• 50g of whole wheat flour
• 1tsp of green tea powder
• 10g honey
• ½ tsp salt
• 20g butter

Directions – Poolish

1. Place the water, dry yeast extract, high-protein flour and salt in the mixing bowl and mix at 40 sec / speed 3.
2. Place the poolish into a sealed container at room temperature for 1 hour
3. Place in the fridge for 17 hours or more

Directions – Azuki stuffing

1. Place the cream cheese and icing sugar in the mixing bowl and mix for 1 min / speed 3
2. Pour the contents into a bowl and add the honey, azuki beans and cranberries
3. Gently mix the content evenly

Directions – Soft Bread Dough & baking the buns

1. Add yeast, milk and sugar in the mixing bowl and mix 1 min / speed 3
2. Add high-protein flour, whole wheat flour, green tea powder, honey, salt and poolish knead for 4 minutes
3. Add butter and knead for another 2 minutes
4. Continue to knead on the counter and place the dough into a bowlto proof
5. In approximately 1 hour, check that the dough has doubled in size
6. Stick 2 dry fingers into the dough and if the holes do not bounce back quickly, that means the dough is ready
7. Divide the dough into 6 equal portions of buns and cover with a cling film and let the dough rest for 10 minutes
8. Divide the stuffings into 6 portions
9. Roll each bun portion into a round ball and press flat
10.  Scoop the stuffings and place onto each flatten dough and wrapped each dough into a triangular package with the edges sealed
11. Place the dough down onto a lined baking tray to proof for another 30 minutes. Take care to leave enough space between each bun
12. Preheat the oven to 190 ° C.
13. Sprinkle flour on each bun and score the top of each bun with a sharp knife
14. Bake the buns for about 20 minutes