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Panipopo

Name: Panipopo
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: Samoa
Ingredients: 400g Bread flour; 6g Dry yeast; 50g Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; 220ml Milk; 40g Butter; 400ml Coconut cream; 100g Granulated sugar

Dessert

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 12

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Sweet rolls baked in a pool of coconut sauce — Samoa's soft, sweet bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Panipopo means 'coconut bread': balls of sweet dough are arranged in a pan, a sauce of coconut cream and sugar is poured over, and they're baked. The bottoms soak up the sauce and turn moist and caramel-like while the tops stay fluffy. In Samoan homes it's often made as a Sunday treat or for guests.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday afternoon in Samoa, rolls fresh from the oven sit in sweet coconut sauce on the tray as children tear them apart to share.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 12)

Bread flour 400g
Dry yeast 6g
Sugar 50g
Salt 1/2 tsp
Milk 220ml
Butter 40g
Coconut cream 400ml
Granulated sugar 100g

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the bread flour, yeast, sugar, salt, warm milk, and butter and let rise 1 hour.
Divide into 12 balls, arrange spaced apart in an ovenproof pan, and let rise again for 30 minutes.
Mix the coconut cream and sugar to dissolve the sugar.
Pour the sauce around the rolls.
Bake at 180°C for 25–30 minutes until golden and serve with the sauce.

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