Meat Sauce Bread in your Rice Cooker

Bread cooked using a rice cooker you say?  A little odd, but very convenient for millions of Japanese who are a little stretched for space (myself included!).  It`s uncommon for many Japanese people to have a proper oven due to their size so instead other methods of baking bread are usually necessary.  The closest thing for most Japanese people to an oven is a toaster oven; same size as a microwave yet fully equipped with a million gadgets and modes.

If someone ever said “You don`t need an oven to survive”, then they were spot on.

…wish I had an oven personally though.

Ingredients

• 200g self raising flour
• 100g pancake mix powder
• 170 ml warm water
• 1.5 dessert spoons butter
• 3g salt
• 3g yeast
• Meat sauce
• Parmesan cheese

Method

1. Combine all the above ingredients excluding the meat sauce and cheese into a large bowl.  Mix and kneed well, using a little extra flour if you find the dough is a little sticky.



2. Place the dough into your rice cooker, set it to the “bread” setting and cook for 90 minutes.



3. After 40 minutes have passed, remove the dough and tear into 5 or 6 pieces.  Stretch out each chunk of dough and place some meat sauce and Parmesan cheese on top and wrap the dough in on itself.



4. Place each piece back into the rice cooker for 25 minutes.  Turn over for the last remaining 25 minutes and you`re done.  Serves 4.