Brioche royale


Brioche royale
Brioche royale is a very rich brioche, made with candied fruit, toasted hazelnuts and chocolate chips.

Just before baking, it is topped with "macaronade": a macaroon-style mixture of ground almonds and sugar with egg white. This creates a crust when baked and gives the brioche its elegant finish.
50K 9 3.7
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Last modified on: May 5th 2019

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For 2 brioches, you will need:

Change these quantities to make: 1 brioche 2 brioches 4 brioches 6 brioches
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
PreparationRestingCookingStart to finish
12 hours 47 min.3 hours1 hour16 hours 47 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 15 min.
Brioche royale
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).

Spread hazelnuts on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Leave to cool.

Stage 2 - 30 min.
Brioche royale
Prepare 500 ml Brioche dough. When made, add 100 ml Candied grapefruit peel, 100 ml chocolate chips and the hazelnuts to the mixer bowl.

Stage 3 - 4 min.
Brioche royale
Mix for a few more minutes until well mixed together.

Stage 4 - 1 hour
Brioche royale
Cover with plastic film and leave to rest at room temperature for 1 hour.

Stage 5 - 12 hours
Brioche royale
After this time, knock back the dough. Do this by lifting it and letting it fall back sharply into the bowl a couple of times.

Cover with plastic film again and leave the bowl in the fridge overnight.

Stage 6
Brioche royale
Next day, your dough should be firm and risen.

Stage 7 - 4 min.
Brioche royale
Cut into pieces of about 400 g.

Stage 8 - 2 hours
Brioche royale
Roll these pieces into long rolls, the same length as your tins or moulds. Lay the dough in the tins (greased if they are not non-stick).

Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest in a warm place for 2 hours.

Stage 9 - 5 min.
Brioche royale

The macaronade

In a large bowl mix 100 ml egg white, 100 ml caster sugar and 340.5 ml ground almonds.

Your macaronade is ready.

Stage 10 - 4 min.
Brioche royale
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Spread the top of each brioche generously with half the macaronade.

Stage 11 - 45 min.
Brioche royale
Scatter with flaked almonds, then sprinkle with icing sugar.

Bake for 45 minutes.

Stage 12
Brioche royale
Admire the fine "royal" look of your brioches...

Stage 13
Brioche royale
Turn out the brioches and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
You can use other candied citrus peel, especially orange.

For the chocolate, the recipe suggests shavings or curls, which are easier to make, but you can use the same weight of chips or buttons.
Keeping
Several days in a cloth bag.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
3,141 Kcal or 13,151 Kj114 gr1,012 gr297 gr
157 %44 %95 %45 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
262 Kcal or 1,097 Kj10 gr84 gr25 gr
13 %4 %8 %4 %
Per brioche
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,571 Kcal or 6,577 Kj57 gr506 gr149 gr
79 %22 %48 %23 %
% 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: Nuts, Milk, Egg, Gluten, Sourdough
How much will it cost?
  • For 2 brioches : 8.82 €
  • Per brioche : 4.41 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Brioche doughBrioche dough: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: St Tropez tart, Mont d'or in brioche, Brioche Tatin, Galette de Fougerolles, Morteau sausage rolled brioche, ... All
Ground almondsGround almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beurre d'escargot, Apple Strudel, Santiago Cake, Financier batter, Nanou's chocolate cake, ... All
Egg whiteEgg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Armagnac marzipan, Ice-cream Vacherin, Pistachio powder or paste, Pavlova, ... All
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Lime (or lemon) curd, Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Flognarde, Comtoise apple charlotte, ... All
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