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Brioche

Prep Time1 day
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Baking
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Brioche
Servings: 2 Loafs

Ingredients

  • 300 g White Bread Flour
  • 50 g Milk
  • 160 g Eggs
  • 12 g Caster Sugar
  • 10 g Salt
  • 200 g Butter
  • 10 g Fresh Yeast or 100g Lievito Madre

Instructions

  • Boil milk and cool it down. Gradually mix in eggs and then dry ingredients, yeast or Lievito Madre and make a soft dough.
  • Beat in butter a little at time until it is absorbed.
  • Keep the dough at room temperature covered and make 4 stretch and folds every 30min. Soon as the  dough double in volume  leave it covered with cling film in the fridge over night to retard.
  • Next day place the dough on a lightly floured worktop. Make six balls and place them in small cake forms. Cover with cloth and let it double i volume.
  • Brush with one egg yolk and bake at 160 C for 35-40minutes.
  • Cool it on a wire rack.
  • The Brioche on the picture is with Lievito Madre.
  • If you work with Lievito Madre this will take longer to proof the dough.