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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.

252,2354.4/5 for 36 ratings

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Last modified on: December 19^th 2014

For 1 brioche, you will need:

1 3 ¹⁄₃ cups flour
2 1 ½ tablespoon yeast
3 ¹⁄₃ cup leaven
4 2 tablespoons milk
5 4 eggs
6 1 cup + 2 tablespoons butter
7 ½ cup caster sugar
8 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar
9 1 tablespoon fine (or table) salt
10 2 tablespoons beaten egg

Change those ingredients for: 1 brioche 2 brioches 3 brioches

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
12 hours 36 min.	1 hour	30 min.	14 hours 6 min.

Keeping: Several days, in a linen bag.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

In the bowl of a mixer or a mixing bowl, put ½ cup caster sugar, 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar, 1 tablespoon fine (or table) salt and 2 tablespoons milk.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Pour 3 ¹⁄₃ cups flour, 1 ½ tablespoon yeast, and ¹⁄₃ cup leaven on top.

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 1 cup + 2 tablespoons 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.

Stage 9 - 30 min.

Cut crosses in the top of the balls and put in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,580 Kcal or 19,176 Kj	88 gr	517 gr	244 gr
229 %	34 %	49 %	37 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
374 Kcal or 1,566 Kj	7 gr	42 gr	20 gr
19 %	3 %	4 %	3 %

Per brioche
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,580 Kcal or 19,176 Kj	88 gr	517 gr	244 gr
229 %	34 %	49 %	37 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 1 brioche : 3.97 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Cherry clafoutis, Little lemon biscuits, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Kouign-amann brioche, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm haricot bean salad, Sauce Normande (for fish), Fish "à la Bordelaise", Rolls of fish in smoked ham, Breton sablé biscuit dough, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cranachan, Two-coloured chocolate-orange tart, Chocolate eclairs, Macarons (the original French macaroons) , Grandma Solange's biscuits, ... All
	Leaven: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Saucipain, Ocean bread, Naan, Leavened bread, Peanut rolls, ... All

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