Mouna

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 2 Mounas, you will need:

• 1 200 g butter
• 2 500 g flour
• 3 100 g egg  ( How to... )
• 4 125 g milk
• 5 25 g orange flower water
• 6 10 g fine (or table) salt
• 7 12 g yeast
• 8 150 g leaven (optional)
• 9 100 g caster sugar
• 10 1 orange
• 11 1 lemon
• 12 20 g beaten egg
• 13 30 g Pearl sugar
• Total weight: 1,552 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
3 hours 41 min.	14 hours	50 min.	18 hours 31 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Melt 200 g butter in a small pan on low heat, or in the microwave. Leave to cool to room temperature.
2	Put into a mixer bowl: 500 g flour, 100 g egg, 125 g milk (really cold), 25 g orange flower water, 10 g fine (or table) salt, 12 g yeast, 150 g leaven and 100 g caster sugar.
3	Knead together for 7 minutes on minimum speed, then 7 more minutes on the next speed up. Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
4	Go back to the slowest speed, then gradually trickle in the butter.
5	Knead until the butter is completely mixed in.
6	Finish by grating the zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon into the mixture and knead for a further 2 minutes to mix in.
7	Gather the dough into a ball and transfer to a large, clean bowl. Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest at room temperature for 2 hours.
8	Divide the dough into lumps of about 800 g and shape into balls. Sit these on a baking sheet, cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest in the fridge overnight.
9	Next day, reshape each ball and put into a tall non-stick tin or mould. Cover with a plastic sheet.
10	Leave to rise in a warm place for 3 hours.
11	After this, preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C). Glaze the top of the brioche using a brush.
12	Cut a cross into the top with scissors.
13	Then scatter pearl sugar granules over.
14	Bake for about 45 minutes.
15	Turn out while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you don't have leaven, use soured dough, if possible.

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