Ham and White sauce bread

 Some people say that time will pass quicker when we are happy, and I think that I'm too happy because I think that time flies too fast! 

I have too many hobbies, and I always think that I don't have enough time to do anything that I want (reading, cooking, playing games, etc). But I know that even though I have 48 hours per day, I still don't have enough time, haha.

Lately, baking bread is one of my sources of happiness, and I have endless bread recipe ideas in my head.  

Making a recipe is fun, not only that we have to think about the flavor, but we also have to think about the image (or selecting the pan), the dough that we will use, and the resting and baking time, there are so many things to think about. 

This time, I started from bread with a load of filling, hehe, and the filling that I wanted was flavorful white sauce. I added cheddar cheese to the sauce as it made the sauce thicken and gave more flavor, but if you want the flavor of the filling to be milder, you can use pizza cheese (ex. mozzarella) instead. 

The bread dough is simple and very easy to make, for this kind of dough you can make your life easier by using the bread machine to knead the dough for you ^^. If you want to plan ahead, making the filling 1 day in advance is a good idea too. 

Ham and White sauce bread

Makes 4

Bread dough

240 g ................... Bread flour

15 g ..................... Granulated sugar

5 g ....................... Instant yeast

4 g ....................... Salt

45 g ..................... Water

80 g ..................... Milk

40 g ..................... Egg
24 g ..................... Unsalted butter

Filling

90 g ..................... Onion, chopped
20 g ..................... Unsalted butter
1/8 tsp .................. Salt
20 g ..................... All-purpose flour or Cake flour
200 g .................... Milk

120 g …………… Ham, cut into 1 cm pieces
50 g ..................... Cheddar cheese
............................. Pepper, Dried parsley

Topping
............................. Beatened egg for brushing before baking

............................. Mayonnaise
50 g ..................... Cheddar cheese
............................. Dried parsley.

Put bread flour, sugar, and yeast into a bowl and whisk to combine. Put the salt into the bowl and whisk again.

Pour the water, milk, and egg into the bowl.

Mix to combine.

Remove from the bowl.

Knead for 7-8 minutes.

Or until smooth.

Put the unsalted butter into the dough. Knead for 5-6 minutes or until smooth.

Roll the dough into a ball.

You can knead the dough in a bread machine too.

Put the dough into a bowl, cover it, and let it rise for 60 minutes.

Put the onion in a microwavable bowl, cover it, and heat it in the microwave (600W) for 1.30 minutes.

Place a saucepan over low heat, and put the butter into the saucepan. After the butter is melted add the salt and flour and mix with a whisk to combine.

Add the milk gradually and stir until combined.

Put the Cheddar cheese into the saucepan.

Stir until melted.

Remove from the heat and add ham, cooked onion, pepper, and dried parsley. Stir to combine.

Cover, and let it cool completely.

When the dough is ready.

Cut the dough into 12 equal pieces.

Roll each piece into a ball. Cover and rest it for 15 minutes.

Brush 4 of 14×7×4.5 cm oblong pan with unsalted butter.

When the dough is ready. Pat the dough and place the filling in the center. Cover the filling.

Pinch to seal.

Place the dough into the prepared pan. (3 pieces per pan).

Cover and let it rise for 40 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200℃.

Brush the top with a beaten egg.

Cut the top with scissors.

Pipe Mayonnaise in the center.

Top with Cheddar cheese and dried parsley.

Bake in the preheated oven at 200℃ for 14-16 minutes.

Pipe Mayonnaise in the center again while the bread is still hot.

Ham and White sauce bread