So you know that Nutella brioche star bread that was all over the Internet? I've made it already. A million times.
And you want to know something else?
I made it so many times because everyone loved it so much and now we are taking a 'break' from it!
Maybe a break for one or two weeks then I'm so going to make it again!!! :-P
It is DELICIOUS!!! And it tastes of REAL brioche! Even better than the one you get in the supermarket- because not only is this homemade, but it has Nutella in it.
Nutella makes EVERYTHING taste like its descended from the heavens.
We all know that to be true!
In fact a couple of weeks ago, while I was busy preparing lunch in the kitchen I suddenly heard it.
Heard what?
Nothing!
You know how scary that is when you have a two year old Snugglebug lurking around the house? Silence is suspicious.
Panicking, I ran out of the kitchen calling his name but had no answer.
Then I saw him in the kitchen- the same room I was in all along- quietly crouched in a corner with his back to me.
Relieved to have found him I went to give him a hug, only to find his entire hand inside the jar of Nutella that he had pulled out of the 'locked' cupboard. His entire face was covered in the chocolatey goodness and he had a look of pure delight on his face.
I couldn't even be mad at him. I mean we would all dig into the jar of Nutella and eat it all up if we could right?
Needless to say, the Nutella stays in a safer place in the kitchen now.
Anyway. Make this bread. It's super amazing and having some with a nice cup of tea is perfection!!!!
Also, it is SOOO pretty!!!
I got the recipe from here but eliminated the lemon zest. Here's a straightforward video on how to make the bread!
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Ingredients
For the dough
- 500 g (16 oz) bread flour or all-purpose flour
- 190 ml (6 fl oz) lukewarm milk
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 60 g (2 oz) melted butter
- 2 eggs
- Grated zest of a lemon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried yeast
The rest of the stuff:
- Nutella
- 1 tbsp milk + 1 tbsp water for a glaze
- Icing sugar
Mix the yeast and the sugar with the milk. Leave for 10 minutes for the yeast to activate.
Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the butter, eggs and yeast/milk. Mix to a soft dough.
Cover and leave it in a warm place until the dough has about doubled in size.
Cut out a circle of baking or greaseproof paper about 30 cm (12″) in diameter. You can use this as a guide on how big to roll out each dough quarter.
Once risen, turn the dough out onto a surface, knock it back knead for 3-4 minutes. Divide the dough into 4 pieces and form each piece into a ball.
Roll a ball of dough out into a circle measuring about 25 cm (10″) in diameter.
Place the dough onto the baking paper on a baking and spread on a layer of Nutella, leaving a small gap at the edge. Don’t make the layer too thick so that it leaks out!
Roll out a second ball of dough, place it on the first layer and spread with Nutella. Repeat with the third and fourth balls of dough but do NOT spread Nutella on the final layer.
Place something round and circular in the centre of the dough. I usually use my smallest drinking glass.
Cut the brioche into 16 segments. Take a pair of adjacent segment, Lift and twist them away from each other through 180°. Lift and twist through 180° again, then twist through 90° so that the ends are vertical. Press the edges together firmly. Repeat this process for all pairs of segments.
Cover the bread on its baking tray with lightly oiled cling film and leave in a warm place for 1-2 hours.
Brush with the glaze then bake at 160°C fan oven, 180°C conventional oven for 20 minutes.
Let it cool, then you can dust it lightly with icing sugar, but I skip this step because it's too pretty anyway!
This is such an easy recipe with super satisfying results and even the 'dough-making challenged' people such as myself can make it no problem :-)
-S
