What is Melonpan?

Melonpan is a type of sweet cookie made in Japan and popular in China and Tai -wan. It is a bread bun closed in a cookie or dough. The name is not a Japanese, but rather a combination of the English word melon and the Portuguese word Lord , which means bread. This pastry, which is also called melon bun, is not traditionally flavored as a honey melon, but the top looks like melon leather due to the baking process. Bread prevails throughout Japan and there are many references to it in popular culture. Bread dough is usually made of flour, yeast and sugar. These ingredients are mixed with butter, salt and milk powder. The pastry layer includes butter, sugar and eggs mixed with flour into the cake and baking powder. These wheels are then wrapped in the dough of the bottom of each bun bread remained revealed so that the inner dough could expand while baking. The upper part is stamped with cookies or scores to look like melon leather before baking for 10 to 12 minutes. Dough coatingo The biscuits are usually slightly subordinate to prevent the burning of faster baking of interior bread dough.

There are many variations of this classic recipe. You can add flavors such as melon, caramel and maple. Some bakers will include chocolate chips between layers of dough and biscuits. Creams, flavored creams and syrups can also be used as fillings. Such variations are often known names that reflect added flavors such as maple or chocolate melonpan.

Individuals who cannot eat dairy products can adjust the traditional melonpan recipe. In bread and pastry, the dough can be used by nonDairy butter and replacing eggs. Milk powder can be excluded from the poetal dough and replaced by non -milk or water.

This sweet bread is similar to pineapple cakes made in Hong Kong, Macau and parts of southern China. Like Melonpan, pineapple buns get its nameFrom his appearance rather than his flavors. The upper part of the bun resembles pineapple skin when it is baked until it is golden brown. The pineapple bun is generally silenced and softer on the outside, with a stronger butter flavor than the Japanese Melonpan.

There are many Japanese references to popular culture for this sweet bread. Anime and manga characters like Shana from the Shakugan No Shana series can be distinguished by their kindness for pastries. Anime yakitate !! Japan dedicates an episode of the Baking Competition. In addition, Melonpan is sometimes part of the winners of the Winner Show Hey! Spring Trivia.