Name: Saint-Génix Brioche with Chocolate-Coated Almonds and Hazelnuts
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons (3 ¼ oz./90 g) butter; 5 oz. (150 g) whole almonds and hazelnuts, peeled*; 5 oz. (150 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 percent cocoa; ¼ cup (60 ml) milk; 2 teaspoons (10 ml) orange blossom water; 2 eggs; Scant ½ cup (3 ¼ oz./90 g) granulated sugar; ⅓ oz. (10 g) compressed yeast; 2 ½ cups (9 oz./250 g) all-purpose flour; 3 pinches salt; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) rum; ½ cup (1 ¾ oz./50 g) all-purpose flour; 1 egg (for the egg wash); Pearl sugar for sprinkling