Scallion Star Bread
 
 
Makes 1 10" round loaf
Ingredients
Dough:
  • ⅔ cup water
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 1¾ cups all-purpose flour (see notes*)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1½ teaspoons ghee
Filling and finish:
  • 8 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon mala spice mix (see notes**)
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon ghee, melted
  • sesame seeds (for topping, optional)
Instructions
Make the dough:
  1. In a large bowl, heat water until warm - about 30 seconds in the microwave should do. Add the sugar and yeast. Whisk together until thoroughly combined and let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes.
  2. Add the rest of the dough ingredients (flour through ghee) to the yeast mixture, stirring everything until it comes together to form a shaggy ball. Then knead the dough by hand (or with a dough hook attachment) until it’s smooth and elastic - this will take about 10 minutes (or less if using a stand mixer). Shape dough into a ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover and let it rise until doubled in size, 1-2 hours.
Make the filling:
  1. In a small bowl, combine the green onions, flour, mala spice mix and salt.
  2. Heat vegetable oil in a small sauce pan over medium-high heat until almost smoking. Pour over the green onion mixture and stir to combine. Set aside.
Shape and bake the loaf:
  1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. After the dough has risen, punch it down and divide into 4 equal pieces.
  3. Using a rolling pin, roll one piece into a circle, about 10 inches in diameter, and transfer to the prepared baking sheet. Spread one-third of the filling in an even layer over the top of the dough. Repeat with remaining portions of dough, leaving the last circle bare.
  4. Place a 2" round cutter in the center of the stack of dough. Use a sharp knife to cut dough into 16 wedges, leaving the area inside the round cutter intact.
  5. Using your hands, gently twist two adjacent wedges away from each other a few times and pinch ends to seal. Repeat with remaining wedges of dough.
  6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  7. Let dough rise for 15 minutes and then brush top of loaf with ghee and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  8. Bake for 26-28 minutes until golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Notes
*I used a mix of all-purpose and Central Milling organic High Mountain bread flour.
**I used Fly By Jing's mala spice mix.
Recipe by Two of a Kind at http://www.twoofakindcooks.com/scallion-star-bread/