Rhubarb Brioche Bread: a Versatile Dough with Delicious Possibilities!
Ragan inspired this baking opportunity and what a thrill it is to be inspired by my daughter to bake in my kitchen! She has such great ideas these days, I just can’t keep up, but every once in a while I have to stop everything and just take on her idea as it’s so worth it!
Is that not a beautiful slice of bread? We were delighted.
Such a pretty loaf.
Yup. The crunch is as crunchy as it looks!
An up-close and personal celebration of our time together, Ragan’s homemade Rhubarb Strawberry Jam concoction that inspired the making of this dough and our inspired shape for this loaf.
Rhubarb Brioche Bread: Mise en Place
Ragan found a recipe for a Rhubarb Brioche on our Thermomix® Cookidoo® Recipe French platform and thought it would be a perfect way to explore her jam creation. That jam is “the bomb”. So delicious… and the flavour and texture of this dough stand up to the power-punch in her jam and is the perfect combination. This recipe is delicious.
Rhubarb Brioche Bread: Making the Dough
Thermomix® makes the dough so effortlessly I cannot fathom not having this option as I would consider the mess, time, and energy before even considering making dough without one. I have considerable experience with brioche in that I took a bread making Atelier for a day at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and the brioche making part of the day was a favourite for me. I’ve made the most popular brioche recipe on Cookidoo® and found it a bit dry, and recently Ragan made this Brioche Hamburger Bun recipe which is a no-fail family go-to burger bun now.
This dough is kneaded for 5 minutes before the butter is added and then 10 minutes after the butter is added. Two minutes in Thermomix is equivalent to 20 minutes by hand, so thankfully I can be doing something else while Thermomix® kneads my dough into soft, supple submission.
After rising for the first hour, gorgeous dough ready to shape.
Rhubarb Brioche Bread: Shaping and Filling the Brioche
Though the dough is sticky, a very light covering of flour on my hand and the work surface suffices. No need for more. Divide into 4 equal portions.
Roll each portion into a rectangle and divide jam equally onto each portion and spread with an offset spatula.
The jam can be even more generous. Dollop a good 1/3 cup, or more, on top of each rectangle and roll, leaving enough space on sides to secure the roll without jam oozing through.
We discussed options. Should we just lie these cylinders in the pan and let them rise and as we slice the loaf, swirls would be revealed? Should we braid it? Should we have made the dough into squares and then triangles filled with the jam rolled into croissants? So many possibilities, but at this point, twisting seemed like a good option. Let’s try it.
We twisted two of the rectangle filled cylinders together and gently placed them on one side of the bottom of the loaf pan. The video below will show you how we did it.
Once both twists were placed in the loaf pan side by side, the dough needs to proof another hour.
An hour later, the dough is brushed with egg and then sprinkled with Demerara Sugar for extra crunch and sparkle.
Rhubarb Brioche Bread: Baking the Brioche
We were tickled. So gorgeous.
Forgive our self-indulgent ogling. We were delighted with our creation! And so excited to see “the slice”. Anticipation!
Rhubarb Brioche Bread: Serving and Tasting
Yes! So pretty! And irresistibly fragrant.
Brioche with butter? Of course!
Delicious.
And, even better toasted. So good that I forgot to take a picture. Let us know if you make it or what shape this recipe inspires you to make. My reward for sharing my recipes is hearing that my readers make them! When this happens, usually I am inspired further by the insight shared through their experience! Please share!
Rhubarb Brioche Bread: The Recipe
Rhubarb Brioche
Equipment
- Thermomix
Ingredients
- 500 grams all purpose flour
- 200 grams whole milk
- 15 grams yeast
- 5 grams salt
- 90 grams sugar
- 3 know-your-farmer eggs
- 125 grams unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 10 grams orange blossom water
- 350-400 grams Rhubarb Strawberry Jam
Instructions
- Place milk, yeast, flour, salt, sugar and yolks into mixing bowl and knead for 5 minutes
- Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside
- Add butter and orange blossom water and knead for 10 minutes
- Transfer dough to lightly floured bowl, cover proof 1 hour, or until double in size
- Gently place dough onto lightly floured work surface and divide into 4 equal pieces*
- Flatten each piece of dough into a 5 mm thick rectangle using a rolling pin
- Spread with rhubarb and roll up, one at a time, twisting two together and placing next to each other in prepared pan
- Cover with a cloth and let proof for 1 hour until double in size
- Place a small container of water in bottom of oven and preheat to 180°C or 360˚F
- Brush the brioche with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle with granulated
- Bake for 30 minutes then lower the temperature to 150°C or 330˚Fand continue baking for 30 minutes, or until deep golden brown
- Remove from oven and cool completely
Absolutely DELICIOUS! Thank you for teaching me more about bread making! Xo
Love your blog Valerie! Going to try this bread soon. However I don’t have a Thermomix. Is there an easy way to convert your recipe measurements to U.S. Customary measurements (cups, etc.) to get the same fantastic results as yours?
Also, I absolutely love your butter dish. May I ask where you purchased it?
I meant to answer you! Sorry its taken so long. Lots of reasons – but sorry. Butter dish is from MacKenzie Childs – online. Some local stores may sell it but it is an American Company who does not mail to Canada… unless you find someone locally who can order for you.
Chinz in Victoria can do it.
🙂
Valerie