Today’s feature is another sorta repeat.
A couple months ago, I made Brioche bread after watching the French film The Taste of Things. When I made that bread, I didn’t have a brioche pan and I was surprised by how different from regular bread dough the brioche was and honestly thought I’d done it wrong until it baked perfectly.
Then I found a brioche pan for a quarter at a garage sale and read the book, A Bakery in Paris for Cook the Books Club.
A Bakery in Paris by Aimie K. Runyan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an enjoyable historical read following strong female bakers generations apart.
The book took readers through 2 times in history that I wasn't as familiar with - 1870's Paris when the Prussian army surrounds the city, resulting in rationing and near starvation. The second storyline takes place just after WWII with a young girl navigating life without her parents.
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It seemed a redo was in my future! I used a different recipe this time around and while the dough was a bit more like bread dough, it was still very different than the usual (again, when cold, it almost seemed like cookie dough).
Luckily, even slightly underdone brioche makes an amazing French Toast, which is exactly what I did with it!
Keep practicing....soon, you will have a loaf as perfect inside as it looks outside.
ReplyDeleteWell, it looks absolutely beautiful! And wha serendipity with finding that pan!
ReplyDeleteGreat garage sale find and nice choice or recipe. I hope the earlier recipe you tried that gave you a nice result will work well with the brioche pan. I agree with the others that the brioche in the photos looks beautiful. Glad it made a nice French toast :)
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