Chili-Cheddar Buns

Ingredients

• 130 g whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 0.5 tsp Baking soda
• 0.5 tsp Salt
• 75 g cheddar cheese
• 1 red chili pepper
• 40 g yogurt butter
• 1 egg
• 4 tbsp heavy cream
• 75 ml milk (1.5% fat)
• 80 g arugula (1 bundle)
• 4 tbsp cream cheese (13% fat)
• 100 g thinly sliced chicken breast

Instructions

1. 1.

   Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.

2. 2.

   Grate cheddar cheese. Wash the chili pepper, halve it, remove seeds and finely chop. Add the cheese and chopped chili to the flour.

3. 3.

   Add the butter in small flakes and mix everything together.

4. 4.

   Whisk the egg and cream. Take 1 tbsp of this mixture aside.

5. 5.

   Add the remaining cream mixture with milk to the flour. Quickly knead into a smooth, relatively wet dough.

6. 6.

   Place the dough on a floured surface and roll it out to about 1 cm thickness with a rolling pin.

7. 7.

   Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a 4 cm ring cutter to cut dough circles and place them on the sheet. Quickly knead any leftover dough and repeat until all dough is used.

8. 8.

   Brush the dough circles with the reserved egg-cream mixture. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (180°C fan, gas level 3) on the second rack from below for 15-20 minutes.

9. 9.

   Let the finished buns cool on a wire rack. Meanwhile wash and dry the arugula, removing thick stems.

10. 10.

    Cut the cooled buns horizontally in half.

11. 11.

    Spread a little cream cheese on each lower half.

12. 12.

    Top with some arugula leaves and a few slices of chicken. Place the upper halves as lids and serve.