Bao buns, little steamed stuffed-buns

Ingredients

The bun dough :

• 3 cups flour
• 0.5 oz fresh yeast
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 cup water

Stuffing :

• 3 carrots
• 1 onion
• 5 oz mushrooms
• 1 zucchini
• 0.5 lb minced pork
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• fresh chives
• pepper

Materials

• steamer

Preparation

• In a bowl, combine all the dough ingredients (be careful, the yeast shouldn't touch the salt). Knead for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Form a ball, cover and leave to swell for 1 hour at room temperature.
  
• Stuffing :
  Peel the carrots and slice them thinly. Do the same with the onion, the mushrooms and the zucchini. Add 1 Tablespoon of salt and stir it all. Leave to rest 5 minutes.
• Strain the water out of the vegetables, and cook them 10 minutes in some olive oil. Take aside.
  
• Add the crushed garlic cloves to the pork meat. Combine with soy sauce and olive oil.
• Cook the meat in a hot pan until it is cooked.
  
• Add the meat to the vegetables, add pepper and fresh chives, and stir well.
• Press the swollen dough to take the air out. Then, take a little piece of dough (around 1.5 oz), and roll it out on a floured table. Form a circle 4 inches diameter.
  
• Take this circle in your hand, and fill it with 2 Tbsp of the suffing.
• Close the bun, pinching the dough to seal the top. Put them in a basket of a steamer or a steam cooker, lined with parchment paper. Leave to swell for 20 minutes at room temperature.
  
• Steam for 20 minutes.
  Tip : put a cloth on the basket before closing with the lid so there won't be any water drops on your buns.
• There you are, your Bao buns are ready!