Nutella CreamHorns

August 25, 2012


So hard to believe summer's already coming to a close. Although it's impossible to tell just by the weather alone. Georgia remains as hot and humid as ever, accompanied by its signature spontaneous thunderstorms.
I personally look forward to fall. Cooler weather usually brings more time in the kitchen, so I'm excited to break my hiatus with more creations to present to you!
Here's another creation by the lovely blog, Christine's recipes, that uses the wonderfully soft and moist bread from the Tangzhong method that I used in the Hokkaido Milk Toast Bread. I didn't have any creamhorn molds on hand, but nothing that some aluminum roll couldn't fix. I just wadded up the aluminum to a cone shape and wrapped the dough around it. I thought it worked pretty well and the taste of warm bread wrapped around the whipped nutella more than made up for the lack of pretty.
My obsession with nutella is probably pretty obvious by now, so here's another amazing way to eat it. Just whip up some home-made whipped cream and gently fold/ whisk the nutella in! Proceed to eat nutella whipped cream as is or pipe into the creamhorns. 



Recipe (yield 9)
Dough:
Adapted from Christine's Recipes
210 grams (1.5 cups) Bread flour
56 grams (1/2 cup) Cake flour
42 gram (3 Tablespoons) caster sugar
6 grams (2 teaspoons) Instant dry Yeast
30 grams (~1 egg) egg
85 grams ( 1/3 cup) water
84 grams tangzhong
22 grams (2 Tablespoon) unsalted butter (melted)
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1.) First add wet ingredients (egg, water, tangzhong starter) to the breadmaker. Then add the following dry ingredients in the specified order: salt, sugar, bread flour, cake flour and instant yeast. Set to dough mode. As soon as ingredients come together, add the melted butter and allow breadmaker to continue kneading for about 30 minutes.
2.)Allow dough to proof in the breadmaker for 40 minutes or until doubled in size.
3.)Deflate the dough and knead dough by hand on clean and floured surface. Divide the dough into nine equal portions and shape into balls.
4.) Cover balls with cling wrap and allow to proof for 15 minutes.
5.)Shaping the dough (step by step instructions by Christine's recipes here): Turn the side with the seal (part of dough pinched together to form ball shape) to face upward. Then fold dough from top to bottom and turn seal to face downward before flattening the dough. Turn seal upward and pinch top and bottom edges together. Roll dough into long cylindrical tube (about 16 inches).
6.) Grease creamhorns and wrap the tube of dough around the creamhold mold starting from the tip of the mold.
7.) Let dough proof for 40 minutes.
8.) Brush egg wash over the dough.
9.) Bake at 360 F for 15 minutes or until a light brown color.
10.) Remove from oven and let cool completely before removing bread from mold.
11.) Pipe whipped Nutella into creamhorns when ready to serve.

Tangzhong starter:
Tangzhong
Adapted from Christine's Recipes
Yield 240 grams
Ingredients:
1/3 cup bread flour
1 cup water (1 cup milk, or 50/50 water and milk)
Directions:
1.) Add flour and water in a pot and mix until smooth. Cook mixture over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk.
2.) Continue stirring mixture until lines appear in the mixture as you stir.
3.) Remove mixture from heat and transfer mixture to a clean bowl.
4.) Cover the mixture with cling wrap making sure the cling wrap wticks to the surface of the tangzhong. Allow mixture to cool and chill in the fridge for several hours, preferably overnight
5.) Let tangzhong come to room temperature before use.

Whipped Nutella
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 Tablespoons of sugar
1/4 cup Nutella
1.) Whip 1/2 cup heavy cream in a clean and preferably cold bowl. Gradually add in sugar and beat until soft peaks form. 
2.) Gently whisk/ fold Nutella into whipped cream.
3.) Pipe into creamhorns when ready to serve.

 My make shift creamhorn molds


Out of the oven

Waiting to be filled

 Ready to eat!