FRIJE

Instructions

• 1.   INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE BRIOCHE "BY HAND":
• 2.   Boil the milk with the half split vanilla pod.
• 3.   In a large bowl, pour the flour, make a well, add the salt, break the 2 eggs, add the sugar and the softened butter cut into small pieces.
• 4.   Dissolve the yeast in a glass of warm milk, work the dough by adding the rest of the milk, the one you boiled with the vanilla.
• 5.   In a bowl, pour the dissolved yeast in the milk, the fresh cream, the orange blossom water and the brandy (if you like), mix and add this mixture to the dough, and work it until it is smooth and elastic.
• 6.   Cover the bowl with a cloth and let it rise for 6 hours in a place at room temperature.
• 7.   After 6 hours, flour the baking sheet and shape the dough into a loaf or put it in a large loaf pan. Let it rise for another 1 hour.
• 8.   Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
• 9.   Brush the surface of the brioche with beaten egg. Make a cut in the middle of the brioche with a knife. Bake for 45 minutes.
• 10.   If you are using packaged baker's yeast, mix it with the flour before incorporating it with the rest.
• 11.   INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE BRIOCHE IN A BREAD MACHINE:
• 12.   Dissolve the split vanilla pod and its seeds in warm milk, let it infuse for a while.
• 13.   Remove the pod and pour the vanilla-infused milk into the bread machine pan.
• 14.   Add the other ingredients: cream, orange blossom water, butter, sugar, salt, ending with the flour and then the yeast (be careful, it should not come into contact with the liquids).
• 15.   Set the machine to the "brioche" or "sweet" program, or any other program that allows making brioche.
• 16.   Bake and enjoy once cooled.

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