Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Gao Jie.
Today we are going to make thousand layer beef pie.
Make the dough first.
Dissolve the yeast in warm water.
Put in flour,
salt,
and oil.
Stir
Now use your hand.
You can stop kneading when it becomes a ball, and you don't have to knead it till smooth.
This is a medium slightly hard dough.
Cover with a lid and let the gluten form.
Come back after 15 minutes.
It becomes so easy, and literally takes seconds to smooth the dough.
Kneading the dough for 1 minute here is more than enough.
Pour a little oil.
Cover it and ferment for an hour and a half to 2 hours.
Now make the filling.
Medium lean ground beef.
Add regular soy sauce,
dark soy sauce,
Sichuan pepper powder,
five-spice powder,
White pepper powder,
corn starch,
ginger paste, and salt.
You notice that I put some starch here.
When the meat is heated up, water/juice will come out.
Starch can absorb water.
After mixing well, add green onions and oil.
This filling has less water and more oil.
The dough is ready, take it out.
Dust with dry flour.
Roll out the 4 corners first.
Then roll it into a big rectangle shape, don't forget to flip the dough in the middle.
Spread the meat filling.
If you put onion and oil with a little bit flour, it becomes green onion layered bread.
Onion oil is relatively easier, since there is not much water content.
If using meat filling, or any other fillings,
be sure not to add ingredients with too much water in it.
Since if there is lot of water inside,
The bread inside will absorb water during cooking,
and it will become smushy and sticky.
Not to mention the layers.
Set aside this corner.
I will seal the bread with this corner later.
Divided into 3 portions horizontally,
and 4 vertically.
Cut the upper and lower sides along the lines.
Then fold it like this.
Press out large bubbles by hand.
Seal it.
Pinch in 4 corners.
Now the dough is round shape.
The bread is very thin, roll it gently.
Dust dry flour on both sides.
And sprinkle water on it.
Smear it, it becomes sticky.
Then add sesame seeds.
Press down.
Cover it and ferment for half an hour.
It is ready to cook after half an hour.
There is oil in the pan, and when it's a little hot, put in the bread.
Low heat cook till both sides form the shape.
If you feel it dry, add some oil.
At this point, you can cook it, or you can bake it.
Bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit and 220 degrees C for 8 minutes on each side.
Or you can cook it on the stove top.
Cover and cook for 15 minutes, flip in the middle a couple of times.
Finally remove the lid and cook both sides till crispy.
This one is baked.
Compared baked bread in the oven to cooked bread on the stove top,
the baked bread has a crispier skin,
and the colour is more evenly browned.
Since there is more oil in the filling, the layers come out nicely.
Take a bite.
You don't see much meat between the layers,
but when you taste it, it is full of meat flavour in your mouth.
Thank you for watching. I'm Xiao Gao Jie, See you next time^^