Red wine longan bread

Ingredients

Starter dough :

• 200 g flour
• 7 g yeast
• 150 g warm water

Main Dough :

• 450 g bread flour
• 150 g all purpose flour
• 150 g starter dough
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 200 g water
• 180 g milk
• 8 g yeast
• 60 g butter
• glazing : one egg yolk + 1 teaspoon milk

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Preparation

• Starter dough :
  Mix all ingredients together and leave to proof overnight. At the same time, soak 100 g dried longan(rinsed) into 1/2 cup of red wine and leave overnight.
• Combine all main dough ingredients and soaked longan with wine. Mix well to form a soft dough and leave to proof for an hour.
• Then place dough to a working table and knead for about 5 minutes.
• Roll the dough nicely and place it to a baking tray and let to rest for another one hour.
  
• Finally, brush on egg glaze and bake at 195'c for about 30-35minutes.