Mouna
A recipe from
cooking-ez.com May 22th 201960 K3.1
For 2 Mounas, you will need:
Times:
Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
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3 hours 45 min. | 14 hours | 50 min. | 18 hours 35 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.
December 26th 2024.