Brioche dough
It's a soft and rich dough, with butter and eggs which give a smooth and incredibly tasty brioche.
This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
Last modified on: September 16th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 3 kg 750 g, you will need:
- 1
3 cups butter - 2
4 cups + 2 tablespoons egg ( How to... ) - 3
10 cups plain white flour (French Type 45) - 4
¼ cup yeast - 5
1⁄3 cup caster sugar - 6
2 ½ tablespoons fine (or table) salt - 7
1 1⁄3 cup fermented viennoiserie dough (optional) - 8 2⁄3 cup caster sugar
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 12 hours 57 min. | 1 hour 30 min. | 14 hours 27 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Cut 3 cups butter in small pieces, let stay at ambient temperature.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
In the bowl of a mixer, pour 4 cups + 2 tablespoons egg puis 10 cups plain white flour (French Type 45), ¼ cup yeast, 1⁄3 cup caster sugar et 2 ½ tablespoons fine (or table) salt.
Stage 3 - 11 min.
Kneed at low speed for 3 minutes, then 8 minutes at medium speed.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Add 1 1⁄3 cup fermented viennoiserie dough and 2⁄3 cup caster sugar.
Stage 5 - 15 min.
Kneed at medium until dough stop to stick to the bowl (10-15 minutes usually).
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Add butter.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Kneed at medium speed until butter is fully incorporated.
Stage 8 - 1 hour
Cover dough with plastic film, and let stay 1 hour at ambient temperature.
Stage 9
After this time dough has inflated, starting fermentation, which is good.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Remove plastic film and stretch the dough by lifting it up and letting it suddenly drop. This will remove all the fermentation gas.
Stage 11 - 12 hours
Put back film on top, and put in the fridge for the night.
Stage 12 - 2 min.
The day after, dough has inflate a bit, get cold, and can now be manipulated.
Pour the dough on your working surface with some flour on it.
Pour the dough on your working surface with some flour on it.
Stage 13 - 2 min.
Spread the dough using your hand.
Stage 14 - 5 min.
Cut stripes of dough, and cut those stripes in pieces of the chosen weight.
Stage 15
For example 40 grams pieces to make a Nanterre brioche...
Stage 16
... or 250 grams pieces for brioche pies.
Stage 17 - 30 min.
Roll dough pieces in balls, put on a baking sheet, cover with a plastic sheet, and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Then your brioche dough is ready to use in your recipe.
Then your brioche dough is ready to use in your recipe.
Remarks
It's more easy to succeed in making good brioche by using a special flour, strong in gluten, called "Farine de gruau". If you can't have this one, try to use a T45 flour.
Keeping
Brioche dough can be frozen.
Source
From Thomas Marie.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 13,759 Kcal or 57,606 Kj | 312 gr | 1,517 gr | 715 gr |
| 688 % | 120 % | 143 % | 108 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 399 Kcal or 1,671 Kj | 9 gr | 44 gr | 21 gr |
| 20 % | 3 % | 4 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 kg 750 g : 11.40 €
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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This recipe uses (among others)
 | Plain white flour (French Type 45): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Génoise (Genoa sponge), Eggs in brioche nests, Lemon and lime cakes, Lemon and grated apple tart, "Oeufs rabattus" with leeks, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Spicy roast cauliflower gratin, Beurre d'escargot, Sauce Normande (for fish), ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Angevin plum pâté, Clafoutis batter, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Chocolate sauce, Pets de nonne, ... All |
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Thank you!
Monique
I made a chinois with the dough and that truly turned out beautiful!
Just a word of warning though, the dough is hard to knead, and nearly killed my Moulinex robot, so had to switch to my hand mixer with the 2 dough "blades" that look like corkscrews and it takes the strain fine.
Thank you so much for this great recipe!!!
Franck
I made a chinois with the dough and that truly turned out beautiful!
Just a word of warning though, the dough is hard to knead, and nearly killed my Moulinex robot, so had to switch to my hand mixer with the 2 dough "blades" that look like corkscrews and it takes the strain fine.
Thank you so much for this great recipe!!!
Franck