Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Dry Fruits & Orange Brioche

Brioche is a French bread with eggs and butter which tends to give a rich and tender crumb..I tried out brioche sterday with orange juice,nuts and with a mix of dry fruits..This brioche tasted extremely yummy with those dry fruits and some chopped nuts, this brioche looks really very festive when i sprinkled some sugar pearls over them..Brioche origin in France and these brioche is considered as a viennoiserie. It is made as the same basic way as bread, but has the richer aspect of a pastry because of the extra addition of eggs, butter, milk and sugar. Brioche, along with pain au lait and pain aux raisins which are commonly eaten at breakfast or as a snack. Brioche is often cooked with fruit or chocolate chips and served as a pastry or as the basis of a dessert with many local variations in ingredients, fillings or toppings..This brioche goes directly to BBD#35-Breads With Dry Fruits guest hosted by Umm Mymoonah, event by Zorro and to AWED guest hosted by me, event by DK and to DNSW-D hosted by Akila..

Orange & Dry Fruits Brioche

4cups All purpose flour or Bread flour
100grms Butter (room temperature)
3nos Eggs+1no Egg yolk (for brushing)
2tbsp Active dry yeast
1/2cup Luke warm water
1/4tsp Salt
1/4cup Sugar
1cup Orange juice
1tsp Orange zest
1cup Mixed dry fruits (raisins,dry apricots, dry cranberries)
1/4cup Mixed Nuts (almonds,pistachios & cashews)
Few sugar pearls

Make a foamy yeast with active dry yeast,lukewarm water,salt and sugar..Now take the flour, butter, beatened eggs, sugar, orange zest, dry fruits, nuts in a large bowl, gradually add the foamy yeast,orange juice and turn everything a smooth and soft dough..

Arrange the brioche dough in a greased bowl covered with a towel in a warm place until they doubled their volume..Punch the dough down,divide them into 3 pieces, roll them well with ur palm of your hand n form as smooth ball..Roll each ball as thin ropes..braid the ropes together, press the dough together to the ends..Place the braided brioche in a loaf mould, brush the top with egg yolk and sprinkle some sugar pearls...Bake them at 350F for 25-30 minutes..Let them cool for 10 minutes before serving..

Brioches are best when eaten straight from the oven but once cooled, they may be stored in an airtightened box at room temperature for upto 3 days...

61 comments:

Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

omg, everyday u come up with a new recipe and to be frank , u r like encyclopedia for trying out recipes everyday.. Today I've posted meen kulambu and something urged to take a look @ ur blog and as i guessed it was already there in ur blog..I's really surprised and ofcourse am happy to c that u r damn good..

By the way, i love how u pleated the bread and it's very very fluffy , just send me the whole tray, will finish it off ... :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Looks yumm!!Have never tried my hand in bread making:)

Chitra said... Reply To This Comment

wow this is impressive. brioche is not so easy to make and yours looks amazing!

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

wow...I want some for the breakfast tomorrow! Looks heavenly!

Krishnaveni said... Reply To This Comment

looks yumm, adding dry fruits....love it

Simplyfood said... Reply To This Comment

This brioche looks really yummy ,especially with the dry fruits.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

oh dry fruit and orange am totally in priya and how beautiful bread looks :)

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

oh my, its looking so gud priya.i think orange fragrance wud b gud

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect color from baking.I love the smell of fresh baked bread.With dry fruits--totally yum!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Who would n't want that??? Iam feeling damn hungry looking at the bread.It deserves a try..Nice recipe priya!

Vikis Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Your baking talent is astonishing Priya! Can we preserve this cute bread for 3 days? ha ha , No, straight from oven it will go into our tummy. so nice!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

whoa, that is a master piece :)

Pavithra Elangovan said... Reply To This Comment

OMG incredible... beautiful priya..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

beautiful and yummy looking bread...nice flavors!

Torviewtoronto said... Reply To This Comment

delicious flavourful loaf Priya dates are a wonderful addition

Aparna S Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Looks great. Loved the additions.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

U have enormous energy and lot of patience dear.......cute bread

Alessandra said... Reply To This Comment

Fantastic Brioche, and it looks so professional! I can smell it from here!

ciao
Alessandra

Zoe said... Reply To This Comment

Priya...your brioche look perfect. Yum!

Tahemeem said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delightful :)

swapna said... Reply To This Comment

Tempting one.....love it!!

Madhura Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome... looks perfect & nice texture!

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Victor said... Reply To This Comment

I love brioche. Can I have a piece for breakfast?

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

o wow it looks so yummy and u knw i LOVE hte smell of anythign baked whth orange zest or orange flavour...its so heavenly...i can imagine how lovely your enture home must have smelt!!!

Shobha

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

That looks like a piece of art..Amazingly tempting!!

AJ said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious!! Adore brioche - great for breakfast.

Mrs K said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,this is baking at its best,the brioche looks and I can bet tastes brilliant too:) i remember the coconut bread made by Mary,she had also used the braiding technique...I think,these two loaves look quite similiar and needless to say I was first blown away by that and now THIS:)

Gayu said... Reply To This Comment

Love the braids in the bread!! Orange must be yumm in this..

Gayu
http://ensamayalarangam.blogspot.com

Subhie Arun said... Reply To This Comment

wow awesome priya,,,,happy to see ur sites got new updates daily....this broiche is abs a treat my son..he lov one..shud try urs soon..!!

Peggy said... Reply To This Comment

Love this great recipe! I'm a big fan of brioche bread and have never made it myself! I'm definitely going to take the plunge!

Sumi said... Reply To This Comment

love the colour of the brioche.you rock as usual:).me too made the same (but the regular ones) for AWED. will post it over the weekend.

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious Bread love the ingredients.

Fathima said... Reply To This Comment

Very perfectly done... looks great!

Vaishali Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

Looks really yummy!

Simply Life said... Reply To This Comment

oh wow, that is just beautiful!

kitchen flavours said... Reply To This Comment

Your brioche looks perfectly baked! Must be delicious eaten straight out of the oven! Yummy!

Thenammai Lakshmanan said... Reply To This Comment

Aha Priya mouth watering.. plz courier me a piece..:))

indianspicemagic said... Reply To This Comment

Perfectly baked.

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Brioche with dry fruits, love to have a piece!

Lijna said... Reply To This Comment

Oh my god ..i know it its too good...wanna grab one piece now ...now...right now !!!!

Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

Its interesting and impressive

Ms.Chitchat said... Reply To This Comment

Loved the Orange brioche especially the braid,very professionally done,superb.

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

No Words to Praise you girl!!!! Broiche looks amazing!!!! Any Recipe, Any Cuisine we can always find it here @ Priya's!!! Keep Rocking :)

Sunitha said... Reply To This Comment

Yum! Any kind of yeast bread and I am drooling.

Kurinji said... Reply To This Comment

gr8!

Vidya Chandrahas said... Reply To This Comment

Really nice crunchy brioche...nice recipe

Jayanthy Kumaran said... Reply To This Comment

Looks amazing..will def be a must try for me dear..

Tasty appetite

Sum Raj said... Reply To This Comment

woooo what a look...tempting pic also ur chilli prawns made me crazy...

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Brioche looks so tasty. Well presented!

Priya Sreeram said... Reply To This Comment

how is it Priya u keep dishing out gem after gem---they look swell, yet another recipe bookmarked !

Jaisy James said... Reply To This Comment

looks delicious dear

Santosh Bangar said... Reply To This Comment

everday new recipe marvellous priya delicious butlengthy

archana said... Reply To This Comment

Looks very good, befitting the season i must say !

Suhaina said... Reply To This Comment

looks really tempting..nice recipe dear.

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Superb bread! So awesome!

Hari Chandana P said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome recipe.. thanks for sharing !!

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

looks awesome really your very talented priya..daily u makes wonderful n delicious dishes which r very easy to priya.

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

BEAUTIUL..lovely combo of dry fruits n orange!

divya said... Reply To This Comment

looks good,yummy n amazing...

Umm Mymoonah said... Reply To This Comment

That looks extremely yummy, love to have a slice of that. Thank you so much for linking with BBD 35.

zorra said... Reply To This Comment

Your brioche looks so yummy and perfect! Thank you for participating and I wish you and your family a very happy 2011.