Berlin Brioche
- 250 g self-raising flour
- 6 g yeast
- 12 glass milk (warm)
- 90 g butter (melted)
- 3 eggs
- 50 g almonds (blanched sweet)
- 1 drop bitter almond extract
- 100 g raisins
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 pinch cinnamon (grated)
- 1 pinch nutmeg (grated)
- The evening before you want to make these, prepare the dough, mix the yeast into 1/3 of the milk and add 50g flour.
- Cover and leave in a warm place until mixture has doubled it's volume.
- Mix the rest of the flour and milk in a large bowl.
- Whisk eggs until they are warm, in a bowl over a pan of boiling water
- Add the melted butter to your mix.
- Take half of this mixture and add it to the flour and mix well.
- Add other half of the mixture and work for at least 10 minutes, until very light.
- Add the dough to the mixture and work for 10 more minutes.
- Mix in half of the blanched almonds, raisins, orange zest and spices.
- Cover bowl with a dry cloth and leave to rise overnight.
- The following day, grease cake tin, sprinkle with remaining almonds, spoon in mixture until 3/4 full.
- Leave to rise for a further hour and cook in preheated oven at 325F (160C).
- Serve cold.
flour, yeast, glass milk, butter, eggs, almonds, almond extract, raisins, orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/berlin-brioche-172812 (may not work)