I came across this recipe while looking through Chef John/Foodwishes.com videos and wanted to give it a go. Preparation was fairly simple but takes a few hours for the dough to proof, nothing out of the ordinary from other bread baking recipes.
Start out by boiling peeled and cut up sweet potatoes in salted water until they're fairly soft -
Mash them and let them cool -
In the meantime start proofing the yeast -
Knead with the dough hook in the stand mixer. To the starter mixture add the sweet potato, honey, melted butter, one egg, salt and the rest of the flour. Once the stand mixer has done its job, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball -
Place in an oiled bowl and let rise for 90 - 120 minutes -
And after that time it's risen to about twice its size -
This recipe makes 16 buns of which I only needed 8 so I froze half the dough for another occasion. Punch the dough down, shape into a rectangle and cut into equal sized portions -
Pull each piece into a smooth ball, then roll it on the counter with a cupped hand to tighten it up. Flatten each dough ball when placing on the baking sheet -
Let rise once more in a warm spot for about 45 minutes -
Brush each bun with an egg wash and apply sesame seeds. After 15 minutes of baking in a 400 deg F oven they look like this -
I couldn't believe how nice these turned out! Just as good looking as in Chef John's video!
What to do with them? Well I wasn't making burgers this evening but did have a roast beef I made two days ago that was perfect for sandwiches -
Sliced -
And warmed on the stove in a cast iron pan with the jus -
Roast beef piled high with some Swiss -
OK, so how were they? As awesome as they look. Light, buttery, a bit of sweetness due to the sweet potato and the honey. Definitely a keeper recipe! It sure beats the heck out of store bought buns.
As always, thanks for checking in on this post. And give these a try!
Regards,
-lunchman
Start out by boiling peeled and cut up sweet potatoes in salted water until they're fairly soft -
Mash them and let them cool -
In the meantime start proofing the yeast -
Knead with the dough hook in the stand mixer. To the starter mixture add the sweet potato, honey, melted butter, one egg, salt and the rest of the flour. Once the stand mixer has done its job, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a ball -
Place in an oiled bowl and let rise for 90 - 120 minutes -
And after that time it's risen to about twice its size -
This recipe makes 16 buns of which I only needed 8 so I froze half the dough for another occasion. Punch the dough down, shape into a rectangle and cut into equal sized portions -
Pull each piece into a smooth ball, then roll it on the counter with a cupped hand to tighten it up. Flatten each dough ball when placing on the baking sheet -
Let rise once more in a warm spot for about 45 minutes -
Brush each bun with an egg wash and apply sesame seeds. After 15 minutes of baking in a 400 deg F oven they look like this -
I couldn't believe how nice these turned out! Just as good looking as in Chef John's video!
What to do with them? Well I wasn't making burgers this evening but did have a roast beef I made two days ago that was perfect for sandwiches -
Sliced -
And warmed on the stove in a cast iron pan with the jus -
Roast beef piled high with some Swiss -
OK, so how were they? As awesome as they look. Light, buttery, a bit of sweetness due to the sweet potato and the honey. Definitely a keeper recipe! It sure beats the heck out of store bought buns.
As always, thanks for checking in on this post. And give these a try!
Regards,
-lunchman