Brioche is a French traditional sweet pastry made from butter dough. You can put candied fruits, raisins or chocolate pieces inside the fluffy buns. In general, there is room for imagination!
It is necessary
- - 4 eggs;
- - 1 teaspoon of salt;
- - zest of 1 orange;
- - 125 g butter;
- - 450 g of premium flour;
- - 4 tablespoons of milk;
- - sunflower oil (for lubrication);
- - a beaten egg (for greasing brioches);
- - 2 tablespoons of golden fine sugar;
- - 2 bags of dry yeast (7 g each);
Instructions
Step 1
Sift flour into a large bowl, stir in yeast, add salt, sugar and orange zest, chopped on a grater. Cut the butter into slices and place in a saucepan, pour over the milk. Heat the mixture over low heat until the oil is completely melted. Cool the oil mixture.
Step 2
Beat the eggs, then stir in the warm melted butter and milk mixture. Pour the egg and milk mixture into the flour mass and beat or stir with a spoon until smooth. Then knead a soft dough with your hands.
Step 3
Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the dough for 5 minutes until elastic. Form a ball out of the dough, transfer to an oiled container (sprinkled with flour), cover with cling film (damp towel) and place in a warm place (at 20-30 ° C without drafts) for 1-2 hours to double in volume.
Step 4
Then the dough should be kneaded so that gases come out of it: press the dough lightly with your hand to the table, fold it in a couple of layers and crush it again. Place the dough again in the floured bowl and let rise a second time for an hour.
Step 5
Divide the dough into two parts. Put one half in a bowl, covered with plastic, place in a cool place. Knead the working half of the dough for a minute and divide into 6 parts. Cut off a small piece from each part and roll them into small balls.
Step 6
Form brioches. Flatten one piece of dough into a circle and place a piece of chocolate in the center. Shape the dough around the chocolate into a ball, pinching the open ends inward. Place in the silicone mold, seam side down. Do this with the remaining 5 large pieces of dough.
Step 7
Make a hole in the center of each dough ball, place the prepared small balls of dough in the cavity and press down lightly. Cover with oiled cling film and place in a warm place - let the brioches rise slightly.
Step 8
After removing the cling film, brush the brioches with an egg. Bake in an oven preheated to 220 ° C for 15 minutes until golden brown. Transfer the brioches to a wire rack to cool. Having prepared the mold, make blanks from the remaining dough. Let them distance and bake a second batch of products.
