MAKES 12PIECES
  • VANILLA AND RUM BRIOCHE
    • Sourdough starter 230 g
    • Live yeast 3.5 g
    • Bread flour 210 g
    • Sugar 50 g
    • Salt 6 g
    • Thick crème fraîche 70 g
    • Eggs 70 g
    • European-style butter 85 g
    • NOROHY organic bourbon vanilla extract 9 g
    • Dark rum 17 g

    Put the sourdough starter, yeast, fl our, sugar, salt, thick crème fraiche and eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer. Use a dough hook to knead the mixture for 3 minutes at low speed, then on a slightly higher speed for 5 minutes.
    Gradually add in the sugar, followed by the butter. Finish off by adding the vanilla extract and rum.
    Stop mixing the dough when it is 75°F (24°C). Leave it to rise for 2 hours.
    Knock it back and leave it at 40°F (4°C) for 12 hours.

  • SOURDOUGH STARTER
    • Strong flour 140 g
    • Whole milk 85 g
    • Live yeast 3.5 g

    Mix the flour, cold milk and yeast using the paddle attachment of a stand mixer. Leave to rise at room temperature for 3 hours.

  • ALMOND MACAROON
    • Extra fine blanched almond flour 30 g
    • Sugar 50 g
    • Cornstarch 8 g
    • Sunflower oil 4 g
    • Egg whites 40 g

    Combine all the ingredients together.

     

  • ESSENTIAL ALMOND STREUSEL
    • Brown sugar 45 g
    • Extra fine blanched almond flour 45 g
    • All-purpose flour 45 g
    • European-style butter 45 g

    Mix the brown sugar, almond fl our, fl our, butter and salt using the paddle attachment in a stand  mixer until it forms into small balls.
    Spread the streusel out evenly on a silicone-coated baking mat.
    Bake at 320°F (160°C).

  • ASSEMBLY AND FINISHING

    Make the almond macaroon and the almond crumble mix and bake the latter at 300°F (150°C) for 10 minutes. Shape the dough into twelve 60g brioches.
    Roll the brioches into balls and place them in a 7.7cm diameter, 2cm-deep micro-perforated flexible mold (ref. Demarle SF1675).
    Leave to rise at 80°F (27°C) for 3 hours.
    Leave at 40°F (4°C) for 10 nminutes.
    Use a piping bag (with no nozzle) to pipe 10g of almond macaroon all over the brioche and sprinkle on 12g of almond crumble.
    Bake at 355°F (180°C) for 10 minutes.
    Leave to cool and sprinkle on some icing sugar or snow sugar.

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