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Steak and Onion Foldovers

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Steak and Onion Foldovers

These foldovers will have you grabbing for more! Soft with a slightly crisp base, delicious steak & onion filling, perfect!
Servings 6 Foldovers

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose/plain flour
  • 3/4 tsp. instant yeast
  • 1/4 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • 4 tbsp. oil plus 1 tbsp. butter
  • 1 tbsp. butter
  • water and milk as needed for kneading
  • steak and onion filling recipe link in instructions below

Instructions
 

  • First, prepare the filling as per THIS recipe.
    Next, prepare the dough.
    Sieve the flour and add the salt, baking powder, yeast n oil. Heat the water/milk as much as you can tolerate for kneading. The hotter the liquid, the softer the bun. Add the water gradually into the flour whilst kneading until you have a soft but firm dough. Knead the dough, pounding it as much as you can to give the buns a delicately soft texture. The more you knead the better the result.
    Put the dough into a lightly-oiled spacious bowl and turn it over in the bowl once so that the little oil covers the dough all over. Cover the bowl with a damp warm towel and let the dough rise for about half an hour to 45 mins.
    Once risen, make into about 4 or 6 balls. Roll out each ball into a circle of about half a cm thickness. Place your mixture on one half of the circle, leaving a margin near the circumference.
    In a bowl, beat an egg WHITE with a half tsp. of water. Drizzle some of this egg white onto the mixture that you placed on the dough circle. (This is a tip that helps to hold the mixture together whilst baking so that when you eat the fold over, you won’t have bits and pieces of meat falling out…so messy!! You can do this for meat pies' mince too!)
    Dip your fingers in some water then run them around the circumference of the circle of dough. Then fold the circle in half, using the empty half to cover the half that has the mixture. Press down around the edge using a fork that's been dipped lightly in flour. This helps seal the edge and leaves a pretty design too.
    Make a slit in the middle of the foldover (to help air escape during baking and also makes it easier to cut the fold over in half when eating!) Repeat for the remaining dough balls…
    Place the fold overs on a greased tray and let them rise again for about 20 mins to half an hour. Then lightly brush the tops with egg yolk to give them a nice golden color. Bake in a pre-heated oven (around 170 degrees) until they're a nice color. Should take about 12-15 mins or so depending on your oven.
    You can apply a bit of butter when they are straight out of the oven (to give them an amazing aroma and to help soften them further). Make sure you cover them in a soft cloth for at least 15mins before serving. This makes them extra soft.
    Enjoy!

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  1. Is there any recipe for this
    Is there any recipe for this sort of thing to be made on the stove-top? Instead of baking I mean

  2. Salams Fauzia.
    Salams Fauzia.
    I tried this recipe and turned out awesome! While making them was thinking if they would turn out just like yours… but alhmad they did and hubby very pleased. Thank u so much

  3. Salamz Fauzia… can I fry
    Salamz Fauzia… can I fry these instead of baking… plz reply

    1. W/Salaam, have never tried
      W/Salaam, have never tried frying this so am not sure on how the results would be although I would strongly recommend baking them.

  4. Can the fold overs be made
    Can the fold overs be made with atta flour? For a healthier version.do I need to alter any thing if I use atta flour? Pls advise. Thank you

    1. Yes you can use atta flour.
      Yes you can use atta flour. Or even mix half atta half white for a better texture as atta alone sometimes gives heavier/denser results and adding a bit of plain flour will help make the dough a bit lighter in texture.

  5. Sorry typing mistake….
    Sorry typing mistake….
    3cups equals hw mny grams????

  6. Salam you mentioned 1 tbs
    Salam you mentioned 1 tbs butter in your ingredients but during the dough mixture you didn’t mention adding it to the mixture

    1. W/Salaam, the butter is not
      W/Salaam, the butter is not used in the dough, it is used for brushing the cooked foldovers right as they come out of the oven to give them extra softness and a nice shine.

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