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- Cuisine: French
- Makes 2 small loaves
This classic French bread is rich and slightly sweet, with a soft, golden crust and a
yellow, buttery, cakey crumb. It is widely eaten in France – with coffee for breakfast,
as a roll with dinner, or as a base for any number of desserts. At River Cottage, we like
to toast brioche and serve it with a smooth chicken liver pâté, and a little fruit jelly.
Contrary to popular belief, as bread goes, brioche is pretty straightforward.
The dough is very soft to handle though, so kneading in a food mixer is easier. You
can make and bake brioche all in one day, but it benefits from sitting overnight in
the fridge – the very soft dough stiffens as it chills, making it easier to shape.
Ingredients
400g strong white bread flou rplus extra for dustingTo glaze 1 medium free-range egg
5g powdered dried yeast
2 tbsp milk
10g fine salt
90ml warm milk
2 tbsp caster sugar
100g butter, softened
4 medium free-range eggs, beaten
Preparation
To knead by hand: mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, and bring it all togetherto form a dough. Knead for about 10 minutes, until smooth and shiny.
Or, to use a food mixer: fit the dough hook and add all the dough ingredients to
the mixer bowl. Mix on low speed until combined, and leave to knead for about
10 minutes, until smooth and shiny.
Shape the dough into a round, place in a bowl and cover tightly. Leave in
the fridge overnight.
The next day, divide the dough in two and form into the shape of your choice . Lightly flour the loaves, lay them on a wooden board or linen cloth and
cover with a plastic bag. Leave them somewhere nice and warm to prove until almost
doubled in size; this could take 3 or 4 hours, as the dough is cold.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas Mark 6. For the glaze, beat the egg and milk together.
Transfer the risen loaves to a baking tray and brush all over with the glaze. Bake for
about 10 minutes, then lower the oven setting to 180°C/Gas Mark 4 and bake for a
further 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
If you enjoyed this Brioche recipe then browse more French recipes, bread recipes, breakfast recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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