Beef Hand Pies

Dough

2 cups flour
1 cup butter / shortening
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup - 1 cup iced water

Sift yhe baking powder into the flour, add salt & rub the butter / shortening into the flour until you get a sandy texture . Add ice water bit by bit just enough to bind the dough together. Let the dough rest.

Filling

1 onion, chopped
2 garlic , minced
1 carrot, diced
1 potato, diced
100g minced beef
Broccoli florets , chopped

2 tablespoon flour
water
Beef stock cube
salt, pepper to taste

1 egg (for egg wash)

sautee the garlic and onion in olive oil and then add the minced beef. Once the beef is browned, add the rest of the ingredients. Add flour to the mixture and stir. Add water, beef stock, salt & pepper to taste. Simmer until the carrots and potatoes are tender and the water has evaporated and becomes a thick gravy. Set aside and cool.

Roll the dough and cut into circles, place 2 tablespoon of filling, brush the edges with eggwash, close the pie and pinch using a fork. Brush the top with egg wash, sprinkle with black sesame seeds (optional) and bake at 180deg for 35-45min or until the pies are golden.

Nutella Babka

Dough:
1 3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tablespoon instant dry yeast
1 large egg
1/4 cup warm water
1/4 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt

Add yeast, sugar & water into your mixing bowl. Once the yeast is frothy, add the rest of the ingredients. Using a dough hook, knead for 5 min. Cover the dough rest until doubled for an hour.

Filling:
1/2 cup Nutella
1/3 cup chocolate chips or chunks

Roll into a rectangle. Spread nutella & sprinkle chocolate chips. Roll and cut across lengthwise. Braid the loaf. Place in a loaf pan and rest until doubled again and bake for 30 min on 180degrees oven. Brush sugar syrup over the babka

Sugar Syrup:
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoons sugar

Fool proof bun recipe

I cannot live without bread... and because im usually too lazy to go down to buy some i always end up making ...

A.
1 cup warm water
3 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon instant yeast

B.
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups bread flour
3 tablespoon milk powder
2 tablespoon softened butter

very simply add ingredients A in your mixing bowl. Wait for the yeast to froth and add all the B ingredients. Knead with a dough hook for 6-8 minutes. Add a bit of flour if the dough is still sticky. Cover and rest until doubled for an hour.

Punch the dough down and make rolls and hotdog buns with it. Or fill it with coconut filling or curry filling. Whatever you fancy. Arrange on your baking tray, brush with egg wash and rest until doubled. Bake for 25-30 min on 160-170 degrees until golden. Brush the buns with melted butter once you take it out from the oven .