How to Cook Pulled Pork With Brioche Buns
Serves: 8-12 servings
Preparation time: 3 hours
Cooking time: 7 hours
Ingredients needed to make Pulled Pork With Brioche Buns:
For the pulled pork:
- 3.5 lb pork butt
- 2 cups BBQ sauce
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
For the brioche buns:
- ½ cup + 3 cups bread flour
- ½ cup milk, heated to 100 degrees
- 2 tsp instant yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened
Cooking instructions for Pulled Pork With Brioche Buns:
- To make the brioche buns, stir the yeast into ½ cup of flour and pour the warm milk gradually into the flour while beating it at the same time in a food processor, until well combined.
- Put a lid on and set aside for 20 minutes to let it rise to double its size.
- Empty rest of the bread flour into a separate bowl and stir in a dash of salt as well as sugar; set aside.
- Crack four eggs in a bowl and beat with a standing mixer, equipped with a paddle attachment.
- Beat in the yeast until they mix thoroughly and fold in the flour mixture while beating at low speed for about 2 minutes, until they are blended into a smooth, uniform mixture.
- Set the mixer at medium speed and add a large splodge of butter into the dough, adding a couple of tbsp at a time, until they are well incorporated into the dough.
- Continue to mix the dough for another 6 minutes or until it turns soft, smooth and slightly sticky.
- Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and roll it along its sides to grease it lightly.
- Cover and set aside in a warm place for a couple of hours or until it rises to become double its previous size.
- Split the dough into 2 oz portions to make mini buns and roll them into balls.
- Arrange them on a baking sheet, lined with grease-proof paper and press them gently with your palm to flatten slightly.
- Wrap them up in a clean kitchen towel and set aside for another hour.
- Warm up your oven to 400 degrees F.
- Brush the egg wash all over the buns and bake them for about 10 minutes or until they are baked through and turn golden brown.
- While the bun bakes, drizzle vinegar in a large slow cooker and place the meat in it, with the fatty side facing down.
- Fasten the lid and switch on the cooker to medium high.
- Cook for about 6 hours or until the internal temperature of the pork reaches to 200 degrees F.
- Remove from the cooker and set aside until cool enough to handle.
- Pull the pork with your hands or tongs and place them in a large bowl.
- Empty the cup of BBQ sauce into it and toss well to mix properly.
- Spoon the pulled pork between the mini buns and serve right away.
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