In all the recent snow and ice, the streets were white, the roads quiet and all around, all you could hear was the soft crunch of white virgin snow being walked across for the first time!After walking to work for a couple of days, on the way home one night, I thought I'd stop off and get some bread but instead of coming out with a fresh crusty loaf, I left with a bag full of strong bread flour and a tin of dried yeast ready for making my own bread as the panic buying had left the shelves as empty as Old Mother Hubbard!!
Searching through for some recipes I had a yearning for making some brioche and came across this recipe for brioche loaf in Yotam Ottolenghi's book - yes another recipe from that book!
As a lot of my kitchen equipment is stored in cupboards in a "second kitchen" in our converted garage, I didn't fancy the idea of trudging through a foot of snow to get my electric mixer in so I thought I'd try making it by hand. Well, I can tell you that if you want muscles like Atlas or Popeye, then forget going down to the gym for a weights session - just get on and make some brioche with a wooden spoon!! My arms felt like bricks after 10 minutes of beating in the butter!
Anyway, the result was very nice, however, the recipe could do with more sugar if you want a nice sweet breakfast/brunch style slice.
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