Curry Bread（カレーパン) pt. 3: Pulling it all together!

大変 申し訳ありません、皆様~　お待たせいたしました！My apologies for the wait~  Here's the final installment of the three-part curry bread recipe. It was tough, all that curry-making and dough kneading, but we survived. Phew. Now let's start putting the two together and fry up some curry bread!

Crisp exterior, giving in to cotton soft bread as the burst of curry sets the palate ablaze in a symphony of textures and flavors... it... it's almost too much to handle in one bite. *_*

We'll need:

1 recipe beignet dough
1 recipe curry filling
2 cups panko (Japanese bread crumbs)

Egg Wash: 2 eggs + 1/4cup milk

Oil for frying

Utensils:
rolling pin
knife (or pizza cutter)
2 shallow dishes
baking sheet/parchment paper
frying spider
heavy pot
paper towel-lined plates or cooling rack

~Remove the dough from the fridge and let sit on the counter until it reaches room temperature. Place it on a lightly floured surface and give it 4~5 kneads. Then roll the dough out into a rectangle about 0.5in thick. With the knife or pizza cutter, cut  into 1.5x1.5in pieces. Next, roll out the cut pieces into a circle, until it's about 0.25in thick. Prepare the egg wash by whisking together the eggs and the milk in a shallow dish. Pour out the panko on another dish and set the two aside.

~Place 2~3tbls of the curry filling into the dough and pinch the sides together. Next, dip the filled dough into the egg wash and then cover evenly with the panko. Place it on the parchment or baking sheet and repeat until the dough is used up. Let the curry bread rise on the parchment/baking sheet for 30mins. Fill the heavy pot half-way full with oil and place over medium-high heat, until it reaches 350F. Then, place the dough in and fry until golden (about 10-15mins), turning it halfway through the cooking process. Remove from the oil with the spider and let drain on the paper-towel lined plates or on a cooling rack.

*Note: The curry bread can be baked instead of fried. Just omit the panko and brush with egg wash. Place in a pre-heated 350F oven and bake until golden (about 25-30mins).

**Worry not if you've some left-over filling~ I'll have a recipe up for curry croquettes next.