Stuffed Brioches

Name: Stuffed Brioches
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 ml (5 fl oz) carton of single cream; 125 g (4 oz) cooked ham, diced; oil for greasing; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 brioches; 75 g (3 oz) Gruyère cheese, grated; 1 tablespoon Pernod or cognac; 175 g (6 oz) fennel, the bulb cut into matchsticks

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

Americans are particularly good at thinking up new dishes for their favourite Sunday meal, brunch. What could be nicer than a brioche filled with creamy ham and fennel? This could also be a lunch dish, with some extra filling around the brioche to make it more substantial.

Ingredients

6 brioches
175 g (6 oz) fennel, the bulb cut into matchsticks

Americas
United States
Main course
Breakfast
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven. Using a serrated knife, cut off the top quarters of the brioches and set aside. Carefully cut out the centres, leaving a shell of 1 cm (½-inch) thick. Process or grate the centres to make