Marbled Chocolate Brioche

Name: Marbled Chocolate Brioche
Yield: Serves 10-12
Ingredients: 1 tsp active dry yeast (dried yeast); 1 oz (25 g) best-quality bittersweet (dark) chocolate, chopped into small lumps; ½ cup (2 oz/50 g) best-quality cocoa powder; pinch of salt; scant 3 cups (12 oz/350 g) white bread flour; 2 tbsp milk, warm; ¼ cup (2 oz/50 g) sugar; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; ½ cup plus 2 tbsp (5 oz/ 150 g) butter, softened

Preparation info

Serves
10-12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chocolate

By Chantal Coady

Published 1993

About

Like most yeast recipes this is not as time consuming as it sounds, especially as other tasks can be done while the dough is rising. This is an attractive-looking brioche, and the chocolate lumps can be divided between the chocolate and plain doughs, or put only in the chocolate one for a more dramatic effect.

Ingredients

1 tsp active dry yeast (dried yeast)
2 tbsp milk, warm
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Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Dissolve the yeast in the milk and set aside until it starts to bubble and froth. Sift the flour into a large bowl, then stir in the salt and sugar. Divide the flour into two portions of 1¼ cups (5 oz/