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Serves
.....at least one!
Author Notes
I am addicted....to 'Artisan breads in 5 minutes' from Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. As it would happen, my copy of Healthy bread in 5 arrived last Friday and I had set my heart on trying the brioche. This week. And so when I saw the challenge this week, it was fairly obvious what had to be done. I must confess that this has to be my favourite food52 challenge (yet!). I have modified the recipe, swapping maple syrup for honey, using wholegrain flour as opposed to white wholewheat! Here it goes! —Kitchen Butterfly
Ingredients
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2 cups
(white) wholewheat flour
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1 1/2 cups
all purpose flour
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3/4 teaspoon
yeast, fresh or granulated
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1 cup
vital wheat gluten
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1/2 teaspoon
kosher/sea salt
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1 cup
lukewarm water
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1/4 cup
2 tablespoons oil/melted butter
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1/4 cup
2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
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3
eggs
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50 - 75g
feta cheese, crumbled
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10
chopped candied blood orange or 2 tablespoons zest of blood orange
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2 tablespoons
caster sugar
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2 tablespoons
Fresh mint leaves
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Egg wash made with 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water
Directions
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Whisk together the flours, yeast, salt and vital wheat gluten in a large bowl.
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Combine the water, oil, maple syrup/honey and eggs together. Mix into the dry ingredients using a wooden spoon, the dough attachment on your food processor or a stand-mixer with paddle, without kneading.
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The dough will be loose but should firm up when chilled. Cover dough and allow to rest at room temperature until it rises and collapses, about 2 hours
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If ready to use, grease a brioche pan or an 81/2 X 41/2 inch non stick loaf and cut off half the dough you made. lightly dust with some flour and add the feta and candied blood orange chunks. Quickly shape into a ball and place in the pan, allowing it to rest, loosely covered with plastic wrap for about 1 hour 45 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and then make mint sugar by combining the fresh mint leaves and the sugar and crushing (with circular motions) in a mortar.
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With a brush, 'eggwash' the top of the loaf and sprinkle the mint sugar all over the top.
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Place in the oven and bake for 40 - 45 minutes, till the bread is golden.
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Remove from the pan after ten minutes and place on a rack so it cools down properly.
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Slice...and eat.
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The bread was soft and lovely and while the technique is brioche, because I used wholegrain flour, it wasn't overly sweet. The best part for me was the sugared mint crust, which caramelized but hardens a bit and tastes superb! I know what's going with me to work tomorrow!!!!!!!
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