Brioche Dough

Name: Brioche Dough
Yield: Makes 1 large brioche or about 8 small ones
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons (25 ml) whole milk; ⅕ oz. (6 g) fresh (compressed) yeast; 2 ½ cups (9 oz./250 g) all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons (¾ oz./25 g) granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon (5 g) salt; 3 eggs plus 1 egg for the egg wash; 3 eggs plus 1 egg for the egg wash; 3 eggs plus 1 egg for the egg wash; 1 ⅓ stick (5 ½ oz./150 g) unsalted butter, cubed

Preparation info

Makes
1
large brioche

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

Homemade brioche requires technique and time, but the smell as it wafts through your house will be reward enough—not to mention the compliments you’ll get when it’s eaten.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons (25 ml) whole milk
⅕

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Slightly warm the milk in a small saucepan and dilute the yeast in it.

Pour the flour, sugar, salt, milk and yeast mixture, and the 3 eggs into the bowl of the mixer fitted with the dough hook (1).

Knead for about 15 m