Saturday, July 11, 2020

Braided brioche


Brioche is one of my favorite kinds of bread.


Well, you can see that I have (too) many brioche recipes in my blog, and I can tell you that I still have more recipes to be added in the future, haha. 
Some of the recipes are loaded with butter, that it's too hard to knead or shape with your hand!!!  Or filled with orange and sugar to make it more delicious.

Today, the brioche that I will share the recipe with you is the Braided brioche.
Well, even you can shape and braid the dough, it doesn't mean that it has a small amount of butter. 
As we refrigerate the dough before shaping, it makes the dough easier to deal with. 
I made 4 braids bread in this post, you can see the step by step photo (or watch the video), it's not hard to do. After the first step just repeats the process, that's all.
This brioche is soft, rich, and not too sweet. You can eat it with jam (and more butter if you want, haha), or turn it into a delicious French toast too.


Braided brioche



360 g .................... All-purpose flour
35 g ...................... Granulated sugar
4 g ........................ Instant yeast
4 g ........................ Salt 
180 g .................... Egg ( 3 eggs )
80 g ...................... Water
150 g ..................... Unsalted butter
............................... Egg, for brushing over the dough
............................... Pearl sugar, for sprinkle over the dough




Put the flour, sugar, and instant yeast into a bowl, whisk to combine.
Put the salt into the bowl, and whisk to combine.

Pour the water and egg into the bowl.
Mix to combine.

Remove the dough from the bowl.

Knead for 7-10 minutes.

Until the dough is smooth (you can make the windowpane test).

Put the butter into the dough.

Knead for 7-10 minutes more.

Place the dough into a bowl and cover with plastic.

Let it rise in a refrigerator overnight.
(At least 5 hours but not longer than 24 hours)

Sprinkle a work surface with flour.
Divide the dough into 4 pieces.


Roll each piece into a rope. (one piece at a time)



Roll each dough into a 35 cm. rope.


Pinch the end of the ropes together.
 

Place (1) rope over the (2) rope.


Place (3) rope over the (4) rope.


Place (4) rope over the (1) rope.

Place (2) rope over the (4) rope.
Place (1) rope over the (3) rope.
Place (3) rope over the (2) rope.


Repeat until you reach the end of the dough.
Pinching the ends and tuck them under to seal.


Let it rises for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, preheat an oven to 200℃ 


Brush the dough with egg wash.


Sprinkle with Pearl sugar.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.


Reduce the heat to 180℃
Bake for 15-20 minutes more.

Let it cool before serving.


Braided brioche

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