For 1 Chinois, you will need:

• 1 : 500 g Brioche dough
• 2 : 300 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
• 3 : 20 g beaten egg
• 4 : 100 g fondant icing (optional)
• Total weight: 920 grams

How long does it take?

Step by step recipe

1		After preparing 500 g Brioche dough, refridgerate for 1 or 2 hours or overnight, so that the dough becomes firm. Then roll out dough (sprinkle generously with flour) into a large rectangle about 1 cm or 0.5 inch thick.	10 min.
2		Put this rectangle on a bigger sheet of cooking parchment. If necessary, reshape your rectangle after this transfer operation.	3 min.
3		Spread a layer of 300 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream) all over dough rectangle, 0.5 cm or 0.25 inch thick (add more if you wish).	5 min.
4		Now your goal is to roll up the dough to form a cylinder. It looks difficult, but in fact it's quite easy, thanks to the paper sheet. Use it to start rolling, without touching the dough, and so form the roll.	5 min.
5		Continue until completely rolled up.
6		Put roll on a baking sheet, and refrigerate for about 2 hours, until the roll becomes quite firm.	2 hours
7		After this time, remove roll from the fridge and with a large sharp knife, trimm off the ends to neaten. Note: you can cook these bits later.	3 min.
8		Then cut the roll into slices about 3 cm or 1.5 inches thick, and arrange them in a round mould or tray, touching one touching another. That's why firm dough is absolutely essential, otherwise the slices will squash during cutting.	10 min.
9		Cover mould with a plastic sheet, and leave in a warm place for 2 hours.	2 hours
10		After this time, preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F. Glaze top of cake.	3 min.
11		Put in the oven for about 30 minutes.	40 min.
12		Turn out on a wire rack. When cake is cool, you can decorate it with 100 g fondant icing, melted in bain-marie or microwave oven.	10 min.

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How much will it cost?

For 1 Chinois : 3.50 €

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Your 2 comments or questions on this recipe

• I actually baked this recipe and followed directions. I also used your Brioche and Custard recipes also. My results looked exactly like yours in the picture, except for one thing, when my Chinois cooled, the bread inside the "Rolls" shrank to almost nothing! I am not sure why, but that was disappointing.
  Posted by Anonymous december 2^nd 2015 at 11:43 (n° 1)
• Quite strange, problem with the brioche dough maybe?
  Posted by jh december 3^rd 2015 at 15:26 (n° 2)

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