I have never made Brioche before but have had it as a bun for a burger a few times and really liked the taste and texture. So using the Good Food Recipe as a starting point I came up with this recipe.
There are many different ways of making it out there on the internet but wanted to try a simple version to start that did not use 5 or more eggs!
Ingredients
There are many different ways of making it out there on the internet but wanted to try a simple version to start that did not use 5 or more eggs!
Ingredients
250ml warm water
2 tsp dried yeast
3 tbsp milk
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp salt
1 tsp salt
450g strong flour, plus extra for dusting
4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs, plus 1 beaten egg, for glazing
poppy seeds, for sprinkling
Mix the warm water,milk, dried yeast, eggs and honey. Set this mixture to one side.
In a large bowl mix salt and flour. Cut up the butter into small pieces and rub into the flour using your fingers.
Ideally use a mixer for the next step as its a very sticky dough or mix by hand using very little flour on a work surface.
Make a well in the flour butter mixture and pour the water, yeast etc mix in. Mix slowly until the dough comes together and then put the speed up until the dough stretches without breaking. Cover the bowl with cling film and put somewhere warm until it doubles in size. This can take several hours, so don't do it one evening unless you want a late night. Which is what I did!
After it's doubled in size, knock the dough back and split the mixture into 8 large or 16 small balls. Place the balls on a baking tray with baking paper on to prevent sticking. Cover with oiled cling film so it does not stick to the dough. The spray oil you can get makes this a lot easier. Leave for an hour to double in size.
Heat oven to 200oC gas mark 6 put a shallow pan in bottom of the oven.
Uncover the rolls, cover the top of them with the beaten egg and sprinkle over the poppy seeds. Boil a kettle of water and but a few cups worth of water into the shallow pan that's already in the oven. Then put the rolls in the oven bake for 20 mins or until golden brown, check after 10 minutes and turn the tray around, if required, to brown the rolls evenly.
Cool the rolls on a wire rack and wait until completely cooled before eating the rolls.
Also works well in small loaf tins, these also make a nice sandwich size loaf.
A nice sausage sandwich on brioche.
Mix the warm water,milk, dried yeast, eggs and honey. Set this mixture to one side.
In a large bowl mix salt and flour. Cut up the butter into small pieces and rub into the flour using your fingers.
Ideally use a mixer for the next step as its a very sticky dough or mix by hand using very little flour on a work surface.
Make a well in the flour butter mixture and pour the water, yeast etc mix in. Mix slowly until the dough comes together and then put the speed up until the dough stretches without breaking. Cover the bowl with cling film and put somewhere warm until it doubles in size. This can take several hours, so don't do it one evening unless you want a late night. Which is what I did!
After it's doubled in size, knock the dough back and split the mixture into 8 large or 16 small balls. Place the balls on a baking tray with baking paper on to prevent sticking. Cover with oiled cling film so it does not stick to the dough. The spray oil you can get makes this a lot easier. Leave for an hour to double in size.
Heat oven to 200oC gas mark 6 put a shallow pan in bottom of the oven.
Uncover the rolls, cover the top of them with the beaten egg and sprinkle over the poppy seeds. Boil a kettle of water and but a few cups worth of water into the shallow pan that's already in the oven. Then put the rolls in the oven bake for 20 mins or until golden brown, check after 10 minutes and turn the tray around, if required, to brown the rolls evenly.
Cool the rolls on a wire rack and wait until completely cooled before eating the rolls.
A nice sausage sandwich on brioche.
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