Petits pains trèfle rapides et simples, par Mike Avery (en anglais)

En l’honneur de la fête de Thanksgiving, dite fête de l’Action de Grâce, qui est célébrée ce jour aux Etats-Unis (et que je trouve formidable, on a tant à être “thankful for”, et on l’oublie trop souvent), Mike Avery a envoyé aux abonnés de sa newsletter la recette suivante (qu’il autorise à reproduire, sous réserve d’inclure les liens vers ses sites,  Bake with Mike et Sourdough Home). Bon jeudi de Thanksgiving à tous! (and thanks for sharing that recipe, Mike!)

Quick and easy lucky cloverleaf dinner rolls

These rolls are pretty quick, especially of you use a mixer. Just a few minutes of interaction here and there. However, they are very nice rolls, better than you’ll find in most fancy restaurants. They are modeled on the Parker House Rolls, as served in the Parker House. In a week or two, I’ll resend this with pictures and some other options for you. This will make a bit over two dozen two-ounce rolls.

We’ll start by making a sponge. Mix together:

Make sure the liquids are under 100F, add the solid ingredients, mix until smooth, cover and allow to stand until it has more or less doubled (until it is nice and foamy), about an hour. This really helps revitalize the yeast and develops the flavors of the roll. A straight dough just can’t compete!

Yes, you can use low fat milk, skimmed milk margarine, soy milk or whatever. Just don’t tell me they didn’t turn out well. Butter and whole milk give you the best rolls. It’s Thanksgiving day for crying out loud! Go work off the excess calories tomorrow when you’re shopping.

Add:

Mix this in, then knead until the dough is nicely developed, smooth and very lively. This will be a soft dough. If you have trouble with wet doughs, you might use a stand mixer for this.

Cover and allow to rise again.

When the dough has risen, fold it down, cut into 27 pieces for two ounce rolls or 54 pieces for one ounce rolls. Roll the pieces into balls, and put each ball into a cupcake or muffin tin. Brush the tops with butter and then use a pair of kitchen shears you have cleaned and dipped in melted butter to cut each ball into 4 pieces. This is BY FAR the fastest way to make cloverleaf rolls.

Cover the rolls, allow them to rise. Preheat the oven to about 375F, and bake for 20 minutes. Keep an eye on them if you make smaller rolls – the cook faster!

Serve with jam or ham, honey or gravy, or whatever you want to have these with. They’ll pull apart easily and you and your guests will be delighted!

Sure, you can make these with sourdough. But they won’t be the same rolls, and these rolls are pretty wonderful the way they are!

Best wishes to you and yours from all of us at BakeWithMike, Sourdoughhome and TheNewBurgundians – or
Beth and Mike

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Bake With Mike Mike Avery 18 Bluebird Lane Sanger, TX 76266 (940) 312-2774 Email to: mavery at mail dot otherwhen dot com

A Randomly Selected Bread Saying Of The Day:
Better beans and corn bread at home
than cake and wine in the land of strangers.
– Georgian Saying