Nutty Snail Brioche
Don't worry, there aren't any snails in this recipe, it is simply named after its shape, which forms a swirl like that of a snail's shell. What this bread does contain, however, is plenty of nuts, all deliciously caramelised.
Preparation Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
Makes: 1 large loaf
Ingredients
500g wholemeal bread flour
7g fast action yeast
1 tsp sweetener (or 40g caster sugar)
200ml almond milk
4 eggs
½ tsp salt
200g margarine
40g chopped hazelnuts
50g walnut halves
25g cashew nuts
25g pine nuts
30g sliced almonds
25g pistachio kernals
100g raisins
100g dark muscavado sugar
Method
Mix the flour, yeast, salt, and sweetener/sugar together.
Separate two eggs and add the eggs to the other two whole eggs.
Beat 100g margarine into the eggs and add to the flour mixture.
Gradually add milk to form a dough.
Knead the dough for ten minutes and prove for one hour.
Toast the nuts and then mix with the raisins.
Cream 100g margarine with the muscavado sugar, then mix in the nuts.
Roll out the dough and spread the nut mixture over the top.
Roll the dough up like a sausage roll, and then roll it round in a swirly circle.
Leave the dough to prove for another half hour, then glaze with the remaining egg whites.
Bake in an oven pre-heated to 200 & #3872 ;C/ 180 & #3872 ;C fan/375 & #3872 ;F/5 Gas.
Categories
#bread
#brioche
#nuts
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