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Nanterre brioche

This is the classic, but delicious, brioche recipe that you can find in any good baker's.

Her unique shape is made from small balls of dough put in a mould

268K 4.1/5 based on 57 reviews

Last modified on: September 10^th 2018

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For 3 brioches, you will need:

1 1 litre 200 ml Brioche dough
2 90 mls beaten egg

Change these quantities to make: 1 brioche 2 brioches 3 brioches

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Start to finish
16 min.	2 hours 10 min.	2 hours 26 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

The day before, prepare the brioche dough.

Next day, cut dough into 40 g pieces. Make balls with these dough pieces.

You need about 10 balls to make your brioche, according to the size of your mould or tin.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Put balls in your mould or tin.

Stage 3 - 1 hour 30 min.

Glaze top of brioche.

Leave in a warm place to rise for 1.5 hour.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

After this time, brioche should have double volume or about.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F.

Glaze top of brioche a second time.

Stage 5 - 40 min.

Bake for about 40 minutes, watch for colouration because brioche should not be over cooked otherwise she dries.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Unmould as soon as it is out the oven, and let cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

You can sprinkle the brioche before cooking with some caster sugar, it will be slightly crisp on the top.

Keeping

Several days in a towel bag.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,665 Kcal or 19,531 Kj	1,269 gr	6,072 gr	2,876 gr
233 %	488 %	573 %	436 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
362 Kcal or 1,516 Kj	98 gr	471 gr	223 gr
18 %	38 %	44 %	34 %

Per brioche
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,555 Kcal or 6,510 Kj	423 gr	2,024 gr	959 gr
78 %	163 %	191 %	145 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten, leaven

How much will it cost?

For 3 brioches : 4.10 €
Per brioche : 1.37 €

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