Ingredients
- 500 g flour
- 1 tbsp. tablespoons of lemon and orange zest
- 50 g caster sugar
- 50 g butter
- 2 eggs
- 12 cl of orange juice
- 15 g of fresh yeast
- 1 pinch of salt
- For the decor:
- 1 beaten egg
- brown sugar
Preparation
Dissolve the yeast in a little orange juice. In a container, sift the flour with the salt.
Make a well, place the diluted yeast, lemon and orange zest, caster sugar, eggs, butter and the rest of the orange juice.
Mix all the ingredients until you obtain a smooth paste.
Knead the dough for 10 minutes. Cover the dough with a clean cloth and let it rise in a warm place. Once the volume of the dough has doubled, knead again by hand to release the air.
Make medium-sized balls of dough, place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush them with beaten egg and let them rise again in a warm place.
Brush the brioches with egg again, draw a cross at the top of the brioches and sprinkle them with brown sugar.
Bake them in the oven at medium temperature for 30 minutes until they turn golden brown.
source: la-cuisine-marocaine.com
