Bacon Epi

Name: Bacon Epi
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250 g Bread Flour; 50 g Wheat Flour; 15 g egg; 20 g unsalted butter; 180 ml milk; 4 g dried yeast; 30 g sugar; 5 g salt; 4 pieces Bacon; Whole gain mustard; Cheese; mayonnaise; mixed herbs; egg wash

Erica Leung @cook_4046734

HK/ UK

"Epi" is a French word and it stands for the flower of wheat stalk. The shape of the bread is visually appearing to me. Normally, the texture of Epi bread is similar to baguette. However, for my homemade version, I changed to a softer texture as I believed that soft bread will also goes well with Bacon. Please try it out :)

Erica Leung @cook_4046734

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Ingredients

120min

4 servings

250 gBread Flour
50 gWheat Flour
15 gegg
20 gunsalted butter
180 mlmilk
4 gdried yeast
30 gsugar
5 gsalt
4 piecesBacon
Whole gain mustard
Cheese
mayonnaise
mixed herbs
egg wash

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Steps

120min

1

Dissolve dry yeast in warm milk, mix well and leave it for 3 min.
2

Mix flour, salt, sugar and egg together in a mixing bowl using a wooden spoon.
3

Now pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture, quickly mix well. Gather the dough together and transfer them into a pastry board.
4

Gather the crumble flour together and shape the dough into a ball shape. Knead the dough by hands until less sticky. Fold in butter and knead until smooth. This process usually takes 15 mins.
5

Knead the dough into a ball shape, let it rest in warm place (around 40C) for 30 min or until the dough is double in size.
6

Divide the dough into 4 equal portions. Roll the dough into 5mm thickness rectangle sheet. Place bacon, mustard and cheese on the dough. You can choose you own combination for fillings.
7

Carefully fold the dough into cylinder shape. Place the dough in warm place (40C) for 30 min again.
8

After that, carefully cut the dough with kitchen scissors for one end of the dough and 45 degree. Be careful not to cut all way through the dough.
9

Lay the cut piece over to one side. Repeat the process until you get a Epi shape. Brush egg wash onto the surface of the dough and top with mixed herbs. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200C.
10

Place the dough into the oven. Bake for 16-18min or until golden brown.