Bird DOUGHNUT
「見かけは懐かしい素朴なドーナツ。
さっくりと軽い食感で小麦の香りを感じる、
２個でも３個でもパクパクいける。
そんなドーナツを作りたい」というBirdの想いに
タケウチさんが情熱を注いで作ってくれた
レシピのドーナツです。
揚げ油にいたるまで厳選した素材で作っています。
Birdの名物ドーナツの話
2009年にBirdがオープンして以来、毎日よく働いているドーナツマシン。Birdの構想は”ドーナツとコーヒー”から始まりました。
さかのぼること約６年前、2003年のある日。
TRUCK、Birdオーナー夫婦と料理家ケンタロウは、一緒に旅したオーストラリアで初めてそれを目にしました。長さ１m程の油のプールにポトンとネタが落とされ、プカプカと流れて、半分地点でパタンと見事に裏返る。その後、残りの距離を進み最後に坂を登ってポトンとお皿に落ちる。その動きの可愛さ、楽しさに一目惚れ。３人は、いつかこのドーナツマシンが欲しい！と思い続けていました。そしてBirdをオープンする時、とうとうこのドーナツマシンの出番が来たのです！
そこで、大阪の靭公園前にあった伝説のベーカリー ”ブランジュリタケウチ”のタケウチさんに想いを伝えました。「見かけは懐かしい素朴なドーナツ。でも、小麦の香りを感じて２個でも３個でもパクパクいける、そんなドーナツを作りたい」その気持ちがタケウチさんの職人魂に火をつけ、約１ヶ月後、「出来ました！」と連絡が。「バゲットやカンパーニュの様な小麦の香りがする懐かしい味を目指しました」とタケウチさん。
こだわりがいっぱいBirdのドーナツ
- ○厳選された北海道産の小麦
- ○沖縄・奄美産のさとうきびから作られる砂糖
- ○沖縄で昔ながらの製法で作られる塩
- ○広島の緑豊かな環境で、無農薬の手作り餌で大事に育てられた鶏の卵
- ○これらの素材を無臭ごま油で揚げている。ごま油は酸化に強いので時間が経っても油がまわりにくく、ふわふわ感、しっとり感を保ちやすい。
※ ブランジュリタケウチ
現在は兵庫県生瀬に移転、”生瀬ヒュッテ”と店名を変更して営業、益々進化継続中。
Baker and friend Takeuchi was given this mission:
“We want a plain, old-fashioned doughnut.
One with a light texture and the scent of
wheat at every bite.
One you could devour two or even three of
in one sitting!” This doughnut recipe is the result of
his devoted work to fulfil our demands.
Up to the very oil they are cooked in,
our doughnuts are
made of only the finest ingredients.
The Story of Bird’s
Famous Doughnuts
Ever since Bird first opened in 2009, our doughnut machine has been hard at work. The idea for Bird actually came from wanting “doughnuts and coffee.”
A long six years before that, in 2003, TRUCK & Bird owners Tok and Hiromi and chef Kentaro first laid eyes on the doughnut machine while on a trip to Australia. They watched as the dough was dropped into a pool of oil about one meter long, bubbling and floating along, then all of a sudden was flipped over in one spectacular movement. The doughnut then continued its voyage, chugging up a little escalator before tipping over the edge and landing onto a plate.
The movement was so cute and fun to watch, they fell in love at that instant. Someday, they all thought, we want this doughnut machine!
And so when Bird opened, it finally made its debut.
They told Takeuchi, owner of the legendary bakery “Boulangerie Takeuchi” near Utsubo Park in Osaka, what kind of doughnut they wanted.
“We want a plain, old-fashioned doughnut. One with a light texture and the scent of wheat at every bite. One you could devour two or even three in one sitting!” they said. The master baker’s eyes lit up at the challenge and about a month later called, saying excitedly, “I did it!”
He continued, “I was aiming for that same wheat smell of baguettes and campagne bread and an old-fashioned flavor.”
On the outside, Bird doughnuts look like plain doughnuts. But on the inside, they are full of quality ingredients and made with care.
Bird doughnuts are specially crafted with:
- - Carefully-selected wheat from Hokkaido
- - Sugar from Okinawa-Awami sugarcane
- - Salt made from a traditional Okinawan method
- - Eggs from chickens raised on lush green farms and homemade organic feed in Hiroshima
- - The unscented sesame oil that the ingredients are fried in is very resistant to oxidation, which means that even over time, our doughnuts retain their moist and fluffy texture.
(“Boulangerie Takeuchi” has since moved to Hyogo prefecture and been renamed to “Namaze Hutte,” where it continues to make more and more delicious and new flavors.)
