Flaky brownie brioche
This beautiful brioche contains the typical ingredients you'd expect in a brownie: chocolate, butter, brown sugar and pecan nuts.
But these are not just thrown into the mixture; the brioche is layered with them to create a delicious culinary bridge between Europe's viennoiseries and the all-American brownie.
But these are not just thrown into the mixture; the brioche is layered with them to create a delicious culinary bridge between Europe's viennoiseries and the all-American brownie.
67 K 4.3/5 (21 reviews)
16 hours 45 min.
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10.75 €
2 brioches
15 IngredientsLast modified on: September 12th 2018
For 2 brioches, you will need:
- 1
500 g flour - 2
15 g yeast - 3
10 g salt - 4
20 g brown sugar - 5
325 g egg ( How to... ) - 6
100 g fermented viennoiserie dough - 7 60 g brown sugar
- 8
20 g powdered cocoa - 9
200 g butter - 10
250 g dark chocolate - 11 120 g butter
- 12 50 g brown sugar
- 13
200 g pecan nuts - 14
50 g Pearl sugar - 15
20 g beaten egg - Total weight: 1,940 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 13 hours 15 min.
Resting: 2 hours 30 min.
Cooking: 1 hour
All in all: 16 hours 45 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 15 min.
Knead for 15 minutes.
Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.
Then add 100 g fermented viennoiserie dough, 60 g brown sugar and 20 g powdered cocoa.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Knead for a further 5 minutes until well mixed in.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 10 min.
While still kneading, add 200 g butter a little at a time.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 hour
Stop kneading once the butter is fully mixed in.
Cover the dough with plastic film and leave to rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
Cover the dough with plastic film and leave to rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
Stage 7
Prepare the chocolate-butter square
While the dough is resting, melt 250 g dark chocolate with 120 g butter and 50 g brown sugar over a bain-marie.Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.
Mix until smooth. Don't worry if you can feel that there are still some sugar crystals undissolved; this will add texture, so worth keeping.
Tkae the mixture off the bain-marie.
Tkae the mixture off the bain-marie.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.
Stand an 8 inch (20 cm) square frame on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pour the mixture into this mould and leave to cool. Refrigerate overnight.
Stage 11 - ⌛ 12 hours
After the dough has rested for 1 hour, knock back the dough by lifting and dropping hard back into the bowl.
Cover once more with plastic film and refrigerate overnight.
Cover once more with plastic film and refrigerate overnight.
Stage 12 - ⌛ 1 min.
Next day, take the square of chocolate butter out of the fridge and leave at room temperature to soften slightly.
Stage 13 - ⌛ 2 min.
Stage 14 - ⌛ 15 min.
Toast in the oven for 15 minutes.
Leave to cool.
Leave to cool.
Stage 15 - ⌛ 1 min.
Flake the brioche
Put the brioche dough on a floured work surface.Stage 16 - ⌛ 3 min.
Roll out into a large rectangle, about the same width as the square of chocolate butter.
You can trim the sides to neaten the rectangle and use the trimmings to make the leaven or soured dough for your next batch of brioche.
You can trim the sides to neaten the rectangle and use the trimmings to make the leaven or soured dough for your next batch of brioche.
Stage 17 - ⌛ 3 min.
Lay the square of chocolate butter on the dough.
Stage 18 - ⌛ 3 min.
Cover the chocolate with the pecan nuts, either whole (as in the photo) or roughly chopped with a knife.
Stage 19 - ⌛ 3 min.
Fold the dough over to seal in the chocolate butter, then scatter coarse sugar crystals over and press in with the rolling pin to help them stick.
Stage 20 - ⌛ 3 min.
Fold the dough in half over the sugar.
Stage 21 - ⌛ 3 min.
Shape the brioche
Roll the dough out once more into a rectangle...Stage 22 - ⌛ 3 min.
...and roll this up.
Stage 23 - ⌛ 3 min.
Cut the roll into slices about the same thickness as the depth of your tin or mould, either loaf style...
Stage 24
...or special brioche shape.
Stage 25 - ⌛ 2 min.
Glaze the top of the brioche.
Stage 26 - ⌛ 1 hour 30 min.
Leave in a warm place to rise for 1 hour 30 minutes.
Before baking, you can scatter a little more coarse sugar over the top if you wish.
Before baking, you can scatter a little more coarse sugar over the top if you wish.
Stage 27 - ⌛ 40 min.
Bake the brioche
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C) and bake the brioche for about 40 minutes.Stage 28
Turn out while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
You will notice that the chocolate brioche dough is a lttle more complicated to make than a plain brioche dough. The ingredients are added in stages to obtain the right texture.
It is also a bit sweeter to balance the slight bitterness of the cocoa.
It is also a bit sweeter to balance the slight bitterness of the cocoa.
Keeping: Several days, preferably in a cloth bag. Freezes very well.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 130 RDI=50 % | 800 RDI=80 % | 530 RDI=80 % | 8,510 RDI=430 % | 35,640 RDI: 430 % |
| Per 100 g | 6 RDI=3 % | 40 RDI=4 % | 30 RDI=4 % | 440 RDI=20 % | 1,840 RDI: 20 % |
| Per brioches | 70 RDI=30 % | 400 RDI=40 % | 270 RDI=40 % | 4,260 RDI=210 % | 17,820 RDI: 210 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 brioches : 10.75 €
- Per brioches : 5.40 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Flour
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Egg
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Dark chocolate
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Butter
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