Old style brioche
Classical version of brioche use yeast to raise the dough, but in this recipe some leaven is added. This make a more rustic brioche, with a small taste of leaven.
317 K 4.4/5 (37 reviews)
14 hours 6 min.
Easy
4.05 €
1 brioche
10 IngredientsLast modified on: December 19th 2014
For 1 brioche, you will need:
- 1
500 g flour - 2
20 g yeast - 3
75 g leaven - 4
2 tablespoons milk - 5
4 eggs - 6
250 g butter - 7
100 g caster sugar - 8
10 g vanilla sugar - 9
9 g fine (or table) salt - 10
30 g beaten egg - Total weight: 1,225 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 12 hours 40 min.
Resting: 1 hour
Cooking: 30 min.
All in all: 14 hours 6 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
In the bowl of a mixer or a mixing bowl, put 100 g caster sugar, 10 g vanilla sugar, 9 g fine (or table) salt and 2 tablespoons milk.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.
Start the mixer, or start to knead with your hands.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 10 min.
Add 4 eggs immediately, knead for 5 minutes until you get a completely smooth dough.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.
Stop kneading, then add 250 g butter cut into small pieces (butter at room temperature) or grated with a cheese grater (butter straight from the freezer).
Stage 6 - ⌛ 10 min.
Start to knead again until you get a homogeneous dough (approximately 10/15 minutes).
Stage 7 - ⌛ 12 hours
Put the dough in a bowl, cover with plastic film, and refrigerate overnight.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 hour
Next day, make balls of dough, at the same time you can mix in raisins, chocolate chips, small pieces of sugar, etc...
Then cover with a plastic sheet, and leave to rise at room temperature until they double in volume (approximately two hours).
Preheat the oven to 200°C or 392°F
Glaze the top of the dough.
Then cover with a plastic sheet, and leave to rise at room temperature until they double in volume (approximately two hours).
Preheat the oven to 200°C or 392°F
Glaze the top of the dough.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 30 min.
Cut crosses in the top of the balls and put in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
Keeping: Several days, in a linen bag.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 brioche : 4.05 €
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Flour
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Butter
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Caster sugar
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Leaven
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