Brioche is a pastry from Italy with a creamy aroma, airy like a cloud, and incredibly tender. For morning tea with jam, she will gather the whole family and fill the house with coziness.
It is necessary
- - flour 280 g
- - milk 80 g
- - sugar 40 g
- - butter 110 g
- - eggs 3 pcs.
- - fresh yeast 8 g
- - zest of 1 lemon
- - amaretti 2 tbsp. l.
- - honey 1 tsp.
- - for decoration: pearl sugar, protein, powdered sugar
Instructions
Step 1
In the evening, warm milk is mixed with yeast, 70 g of flour and honey. Everything is covered with a towel and left to come up for half an hour. Then proteins are added, the remaining flour and everything is kneaded. Add liqueur and salt, add liqueur and salt, knead until the dough sets. Then the yolks and sugar are added one at a time. When the dough becomes a homogeneous lump again, gradually mix 40 g of not hot melted butter into it, and then the rest, soft and cut into small pieces. Add zest. Properly prepared dough is smooth, elastic, glossy and stretches with transparent films.
Step 2
Transfer the dough to a dish in which it will go to the refrigerator overnight, taking into account the possibility of increasing it by more than three times. Allow the dough to brew for about 40 minutes at room temperature, grease the surface with oil, close and send to the refrigerator overnight.
Step 3
In the morning, the dough is taken out of the refrigerator and warmed at room temperature for about half an hour. Dust a hundred with flour or grease with oil. The warmed dough is laid out on it, folded in three, rounded and transferred to a baking dish, oiled in advance. You can shape the pastry to your liking, but given its tenderness, it is imperative to bake in the form. Fill the form no more than half. The most delicious is a large loaf. Inside, it is moist and elastic, tearing in layers.
Step 4
Let the dough stand warm in covered tins until it rises to the brim. The top is smeared with protein, sprinkled with granulated sugar, pearl sugar.
Step 5
Bake the pastry for half an hour at 180 degrees. After turning off the heat, do not remove from the oven for another 10 minutes. Then carefully remove.
Step 6
Cool the pastry, serve with homemade strawberry jam and whipped cream.
