Pumpkin steamed buns will not be ready for 15 minutes. Making pumpkin steamed buns includes fermentation, proofing, steaming, stewing and other steps, which takes about 1 hour. The specific steps are as follows:
Preparation materials: 300 grams of old pumpkin, 300 grams of high-gluten flour, 30 grams of white sugar, 4 grams of yeast, 2 grams of salt, and appropriate amount of warm water.
1. Prepare the ingredients and make pumpkin steamed buns. You can use either low-gluten flour or medium-gluten flour. There are no special regulations.
2. Peel off the skin of the old pumpkin, cut it into thin slices, put it into a steamer and steam it over high heat for 12 minutes. If you can use chopsticks to insert it smoothly into the pumpkin flesh, it proves that it is cooked.
3. Pour the pumpkin into a large basin, mash it with tools, add sugar and 2 grams of salt, and stir evenly.
4. After the pumpkin puree has cooled slightly, pour in high-gluten flour and mix, then add yeast powder, fully knead the dough evenly, knead until the surface of the dough is smooth and the surrounding wall of the basin is clean, then cover it with plastic wrap. Ferment for about 20 minutes.
5. Let the dough ferment until it doubles in size. When you open the surface, you can see a dense honeycomb shape. Take the dough out and place it on the chopping board.
6. Knead the fermented dough thoroughly once or twice, deflate it, and then divide it into several small doughs.
7. Take a small dough, roll it into a round shape, use a toothpick to press out some pumpkin-like patterns on the surface, and insert a vegetable stem on top for decoration.
8. Place a piece of oil paper in the steamer, place the prepared pumpkin buns on the oil paper, turn off the heat temporarily, cover the pot and let it rise for about 20 minutes.
9. After it wakes up, turn on the low heat, turn up the heat after steaming, steam for about 15 minutes, turn off the heat, simmer for another 5 minutes, then take it out and eat.