Panda Bread

Ingredients

Egg yolk 1

Milk 200 ml

Flour 300 g

Icing sugar 30 g

Salt 5 g

Dry yeast 7 g

Butter 20 g

Matcha tea 8 g

Water 10 ml

Cocoa powder

Red food coloring

Whisk the yolks with milk and microwave in a heat-resistant bowl for 30 seconds. Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Add the milk-yolk mixture to the flour. Knead the dough. If it's too runny, add more flour. Divide the dough into three parts (total weight approximately 560 g): 60 g chocolate, 185 g white, 25 g red, and the remaining 290 g green tea.

 

Using chocolate and green tea powder, which must first be dissolved in boiling water, color the dough. Use food coloring to create a red layer. Wrap the colored dough in plastic wrap and let it rest for 40 minutes.



Lay out the panda bread. Follow the instructions in the picture to lay out the bottom half of the bread. Use white and chocolate dough.



Next, add a red layer of dough, rolled into a \



After finishing laying out the design, wrap the entire bread with the remaining green dough over the entire surface. Place the bread on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.



Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 25-30 minutes.





Bon appétit!