At a glance
These beautiful pink cinnamon-ginger buns come together with beetroot purée, a simple yeast dough that needs a couple of hours to rise, and a warm spiced filling. The most fun part is slicing the rolled dough into triangles and pressing them down to make those signature fanned-out edges before baking.
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Beetroot purée
Cook diced beetroot until tender, then blend it into a smooth purée.
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Yeast starter
Dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in slightly warm water, then stir in the dried yeast. Let it sit for about 3 minutes until it starts to foam.
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Making the dough base
Add the beetroot purée, sugar, egg, buttermilk, butter, orange juice (one teaspoon) and orange zest. It's important that all the ingredients are at room temperature.
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