Autumn is here and it is freeing! So to warm me up this cold morning I decided to make something hot, sweet and delicious. Hotteok is a Korean pancake that is jam packed with either a sweet filling of brown sugar and nuts or a savoury filling of stir fried veggie noodles. It's a popular street food in Korea and is only made during the winter.
Hotteok with a sweet brown sugar filling
Makes 8
1 cup warm water
2 tbsp CSR white sugar
2 tsp dry yeast
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp Vegetable oil
2 cups White Wings plain flour
1/2 cup CSR brown sugar
2 tbsp chopped walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
Place warm water into a bowl and stir in the white sugar, dry yeast, salt and vegetable oil. Stir well.
Add the plain flour and mix it by hand. Let the dough rise for about 1hr at room temperature.
After an hour the dough will rise to double it size. Knead the dough to rid it of gas bubbles. Let it rise for another 10-20 mins.
To make the filling combine the brown sugar, walnuts and cinnamon.
Knead the dough again to rid it of gas bubbles. Place about 1/2 cup plain flour on to your bench top and knead the dough and divide into 8 balls.
Take 1 ball, flatten it, put some filling in the centre, seal it and then roll back in to a ball. Repeat with the rest.
Heat up some vegetable oil in a pan and place a ball on the pan and let it cook for 30 seconds.
When the bottom of the ball is lightly golden, flip the ball over and flatten it down.
Let it cook for about 1 min or until the bottom is lightly golden.
Flip it over once more and cook it on low heat with the pans lid on for 1 min.
Repeat with the rest of the balls.
Serve immediately! Enjoy!
