Chocolate streusel brioche

Name: Chocolate streusel brioche
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 6
Ingredients: 5 g (¼ oz) active dried yeast; 20 g (¾ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 1 egg yolk; 2 eggs; 95 g (3¼ oz) unsalted butter, chilled and diced; pinch of salt; 250 g (9 oz) Chocolate cream; canola oil spray; 190 g (6½ oz) strong (baker’s) flour; 40 g (1½ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 40 g (1½ oz) ground almonds; 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 50 g (1¾ oz) soft brown sugar; 40 g (1½ oz) Dutch (unsweetened) cocoa powder; 3 tablespoons thickened (whipping) cream

Preparation info

Makes
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Chefs Eat Breakfast Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2019

About

You don’t have to be a master baker or get up at 3 am to make something exceptional for a baked breakfast. With a bit of planning and some preparation you can still have that lie-in, plus have a delicious buttery brioche bun that tastes as good as the ones from that trendy bakery down the road.

Ingredients

190 g (6½ oz) strong (baker’s) flour
20 g (¾

Vegetarian
Breakfast
Chocolate

Method

Put the flour, sugar, yeast, eggs and egg yolk in the bowl of a freestanding electric mixer and attach the dough hook. Knead on low speed for 10 minutes before adding the salt. Mix again for a further 5 minutes.
Turn the machine to medium speed and add the butter, one cube at a time, ensuring it is mixed in well before adding the next cube. Once all of the butt