Are you looking for an idea for the Christmas centerpiece for your table? All to eat, this Christmas wreath of brioche bread is not a bad idea!
I also put it on the table in the afternoon, when people start taking a seat again around the table, perhaps for a sweet snack. As good as it is, it is the ideal accompaniment to an orange cream or a few pieces of nougat or chocolate!
The choice of the molds to apply and their arrangement is entirely entrusted to the girls, the real artists of the house :-)
Ingredients
(8 people)
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 100 g sugar
- 200 g whole milk
- 12 g fresh brewer's yeast
- 300 g very strong white flour
- 200 g plain flour
- 3 eggs
- 80 g unsalted butter
- A tbsp vanilla sugar
- A pinch of salt
- Extra virgin olive oil as needed
To decorate
- An egg
- A tbsp whole milk
Let's cook
Put the zest of a lemon and 90 g sugar in the mixing bowl and chop 10 Sec. Speed 10. Set aside.
Pour 50 g whole milk into the mixing bowl, add the remaining 10 g sugar, 12 g fresh brewer's yeast and melt 1 Min. 37C Speed 2.
Add 100 g very strong white flour and knead 2 Min. Dough Mode. Leave to rest for 30 Min. in the closed mixing bowl.
Add 150 g whole milk, the remaining 200 g very strong white flour, 200 g plain flour, the sugar with the lemon zest set aside, 2 eggs, 80 g unsalted butter, a tbsp vanilla sugar, salt to taste. and knead 10 Sec. Speed 7, with the spatula inside.
Then knead 2 Min. Dough Mode.
Transfer to a greased bowl with a little extra virgin olive oil, cover with a bath cap and let it rise in the oven for 1 hour.
Transfer the dough to the floured work surface.
Set aside a ball of about 80 g, and divide the rest into 3 equal parts.
From each of them he obtains 2 long cylinders (6 in all).
Intertwine 3 cylinders at a time to obtain two braids and arrange them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Join the ends and form a crown.
Roll out the ball of dough kept aside and cut out Christmas shapes with cookie cutters.
Beat an egg with a tbsp milk, brush the back of the shapes and arrange them on the braid as desired.
Now brush the entire crown with the egg and milk.
Bake in a preheated oven for 5 Min at 200C, then 25 Min. at 180C.
Cool on a wire rack and decorate, if you like, with a gold or red ribbon.
Tips
You can also decorate the wreath with sprinkles, flaked almonds or candied cherries. Just put them on the crown after brushing it with beaten egg ;-)
Translated from the Italian recipe: Ghirlanda natalizia di pan brioche
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