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You just wrap the rice with plastic wrap and make a bar of rice that you can hold in one hand. Very easy and perfect for parties and Bento!
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Onigiri Sticks
Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: depends on the ingredients you use
Number of servings: N/A
Ideas:
white rice + Yukari (red Shiso leaves rice seasoning) + Shiso leaves
white rice + salmon flakes + Nori seaweed sheet
white rice + Nameshi (pickled Hiroshima-na rice seasoning) + Nori seaweed sheet
Directions:
1. Mix your favorite rice seasoning to the rice.
2. If you like, place Nori seaweed sheet on plastic wrap.
3. Place the rice on the plastic wrap, then wrap and make a thin rice roll.
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 2hrs or more
Number of servings: 18cm (7inch) square cake pan
Ingredients:
280g (9.9oz.) bread flour
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. dry yeast
1 tsp. salt
180ml milk *room temperature
3 tbsp. unsalted butter *room temperature
Directions:
((Kneading))
1. You want all the ingredients at room temperature.
2. In a large bowl, place bread flour, sugar, salt, dry yeast, and salt. Keep the dry yeast away from the salt as the salt will kill the dry yeast.
3. Gradually mix in milk, use your hand to mix together until formed. Transfer the dough to the counter and knead until sticky and well formed.
4. Add butter, stretch the dough for a few times using your palms, fold it in half, turn it around (90C), and stretch again. Repeat and knead until smooth, without adding any extra flour for 10-15 minutes). The dough should be very elastic which when stretched becomes almost translucent.
((1st Proving / Proofing / Rising))
5. Lightly oil a large bowl. Form the dough into a ball and place it in the bowl seam side down. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap (to keep the surface of the dough from drying out), and leave to proof in a warm place (30C/86F) for 30-60 minutes or until it has doubled or tripled in size. (In winter, you can use the proof function on your home oven!)
6. While proofing, grease the pan with some oil or butter, OR line with parchment paper.
((Knock-Back & Bench Time / Resting))
7. Place the dough onto a floured surface and punch out the air with your palm.
8. Divide it into 16 equal pieces using a bench scraper or a knife. Quickly form them into balls.
9. Place them on a baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap (to keep the surface of the dough from drying out), and rest for 15 minutes. The dough is surprised because you punched, so please let them rest for a while before you start shaping.
((Shaping))
10. Form the dough again into balls and place it in the square pan.
((2nd Proving / Proofing / Rising))
11. Cover with plastic wrap (to keep the surface of the dough from drying out), and leave to proof in a warm place (30C/86F) for about 30 minutes or until they have doubled in size. (In winter, you can use the proof function on your home oven!)
12. Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).
((Baking))
13. Bake at 180C (350F) for about 20 minutes or more.
14. Remove from the pan and place it on a wire rack to cool.
* To keep the surface of the dough from drying out, a wet towel is okay but plastic wrap is easier!
