Brioche with chocolate
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Chocolate brioche looks very appealing, and it's also a very tasty pastry that will please everyone, adults and children alike. It's easy to make them; follow the step‑by‑step recipe and delight your loved ones with delicious French pastry The pastry is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
In a mixing bowl, add flour (300 grams), yeast, sugar (45 grams) and a pinch of salt, then mix.
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Step 3
Pour 125 g of warm milk into the flour mixture.
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Step 4
Crack in 1 egg, add 50 g of melted butter.
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Step 5
Knead the dough, knead “until clean hands,” until the dough no longer sticks to the hands, becoming smooth and elastic. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with plastic film, and let it rise until its volume increases about 1.5–2 times.
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Step 6
While the dough is rising, work on the filling. Mix in a saucepan 55 grams of sugar, a pinch of salt, 30 grams of flour, cocoa, add 1 egg white, and mix.
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Step 7
Pour 75 grams of hot milk into the sauté pan, mix.
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Step 8
Cook the mixture until it thickens, remove from heat, and stir in 25 g of butter and 50 g of chocolate.
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Step 9
Spread the chocolate mixture onto parchment in a rectangular shape.
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Step 10
Wrap in parchment, place in the freezer until set.
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Step 11
As soon as the dough has increased in size by 1.5–2 times, you can start shaping the buns.
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Step 12
Place the dough on a work surface dusted with flour, roll it out into a rectangular sheet twice the size of the chocolate filling. Spread the filling over one half of the dough.
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Step 13
Cover the chocolate filling with the second half of the dough, gently roll it out in a vertical direction. After that, fold it in half again.
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Step 14
Repeat the folding and rolling of the dough again, you need to repeat it 2 more times. The more folds, the more layers the brioche will have.
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Step 15
Roll the dough into a log.
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Step 16
Cut the dough into any number of pieces, depending on the size of brioche you need. In this recipe, the dough is divided into 12 pieces.
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Step 17
Place the dough into the molds, previously greased with butter. Let it proof for about 15 minutes.
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Step 18
Bake the brioche in the oven at 175 °C for 15–20 minutes.
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Step 19
Before serving, you can dust the buns with powdered sugar. The brioche turned out exceptionally fragrant and beautiful.