Cooking recipe and tricks

1. Pour the milk and yeast into a bowl and stir to dissolve the yeast. Put the flour, 1 tsp fine salt and beaten eggs into an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook and pour in the milk and yeast mixture. Mix on slow speed to combine and knead the dough for 5 minutes.

2. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, then knead at medium speed for about 10 minutes. By this stage, the dough should be smooth, elastic and combined well.

3. Meanwhile, in another bowl, mix the butter and sugar together. Add a few small spoonfuls of the butter mix to the dough, then with the mixer running at low speed, add the rest a piece at a time. When the butter mixture is all incorporated, increase the speed and work for 6-10 minutes, until the dough is very smooth and shiny and comes away from the bowl with perfect elasticity.

4. Remove the dough hook, leaving the dough in the bowl. Cover with a tea towel or cling film and leave to rise in a warm place for about 2 hours, until the dough has doubled in volume.

5. Knock the dough back by flipping it over 2 or 3 times with your hand. Cover the bowl again and refrigerate for at least 6 hours (but not more than 24 hours). The dough is then ready to use and mould.

6. To shape a large brioche: divide 600g dough into two-thirds (400g) and one-third (200g). Shape the larger piece into a ball and place it in the bottom of a well-buttered brioche mould, measuring 16cm across the top, 8cm across the base. Make a deep indentation.

7. Shape the small piece of dough into an elongated oval and gently press into the indentation in the large ball, so that only a little is left visible, resembling a ‘head’. Lightly brush the dough with egg wash. Leave to rise in a warm place for about 1.5 hours, until it has at least doubled in volume.

8. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Brush the brioche lightly again with egg wash. Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the setting to 180C/160C fan/gas 3 and bake for another 30 minutes. Leave the brioche in the mould for 5 minutes, then tip out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.

Tags: cake, soup

From Around the Web :

Brioche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Read More

Brioche Dough Recipe at Epicurious.com
Find recipe Brioche Dough recipes Epicurious.... Read More

Brioche Dough Recipe and all of its wonderful uses! | Artisan
... Read More

Brioche Dough | Joe Pastry
Here’ standard brioche dough twelve 1.6-ounce brioche à êtes, single loaf, batch cinnamon ( “sticky”) buns.... Read More

Thomas Keller’s Brioche Bread | Kirbie's Cravings | A San Diego
... Read More

Brioche - Allrecipes - Recipes and cooking confidence for home
... Read More

Brioche Recipe - CooksRecipes.com
... Read More

Cooks.com - Recipe - Brioche Bread
1. In large mixing bowl, sift bread flour, sugar salt. Set . I wire whisk sift dry ingredients. 2. In small bowl cup, dissolve 1 ... Read More

This entry was posted on Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 6:32 pm and is filed under American Cuisine. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.