Popping Boba in Salted Egg Lava Bun

Ingredients

Bun Dough

  • 300g Plain Flour
  • 3g Instant Yeast
  • 25g White Sugar
  • 3g Baking Soda
  • 180g Water
  • 12g Unsalted Butter

Salted Egg Custard Filling

  • 78g (2 yolks) Salted Egg Yolk (baked)
  • 50g Unsalted Butter
  • 30g White Sugar
  • 3g Custard Powder
  • 120g Milk
  • 15g Milk Powder
  • 3g Gelatin Sheet
  • 100g Coco Popping Boba

Preparation of the recipes

    Bun Dough

  • 1

    Add yeast and sugar into lukewarm water. Mix well.

  • 2

    Weigh dry ingredient and mix well. Add yeast solution. Mix well until no more powder observed.

  • 3

    Add in butter. Mix well and rest for 10 minutes.

  • 4

    Transfer dough into mixer, attach with dough hook attachment, mix until smooth dough form. Proof until double in size (1-1.5hr).

  • 5

    Portion into 40-45g dough size.

  • Salted Egg Custard Filling

  • 1

    Blend baked salted egg yolk until fine powder.

  • 2

    Soak gelatin in water for 3 minutes or until soft.

  • 3

    Melt butter on stove. Add sugar, milk, milk powder and custard powder. Mix well before adding salted egg yolk powder and softened gelatin.

  • 4

    Mix mixture over double boiler to ensure gelatin is fully dissolved.

  • 5

    Sieve mixture to ensure all ingredients are well dissolved.

  • 6

    Chill in fridge before use.

  • 7

    Weigh and portion salted egg custard filling to 20g each. Wrap 8-10g of Popping Boba within salted egg filling.

  • 8

    Set aside.

  • Assemble

  • 1

    Flatten bun dough into circular shape.

  • 2

    Wrap salted egg yolk filling with bun dough. Ensure dough is sealed well.

  • 3

    Let dough rest for 20 minutes.

  • 4

    Place bun in preheated steamer and steam for 8 minutes.

  • 5

    After 8 minutes, off steamer and rest bun in steamer for 2 minutes.

  • 6

    Serve hot.

Tips

For creamier salted egg lava, use whipping cream or full cream milk. For less creamy version, use low fat milk.