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Post by Tulipana on Oct 6, 2014 8:12:54 GMT -5
I love baking bread. It's just so good.
But somehow I can't get brioche right.
Tried different recipes, but my dough won't rise when making brioche.
- I am using fresh yeast (with other doughs, it rises like mad with fresh yeast... not this dough)
- I am kneading until I see purple
- The salt doesn't contact the yeast before kneading
- I have put the dough on a warm place to rest with warm/moist towel over the bowl.
I just don't get it.
Mopperdemopper.
Any suggestions?
(BTW - Even though my bread doesn't look pretty, it does taste fine)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2014 8:54:30 GMT -5
Every time I try to make anything that needs rising it flops. I think I need a kitchen aid for kneading the dough...Also I am never able to mix egg white into a nice fluffy consistency. Sorry, no help, just sympathy.
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Post by Tulipana on Oct 6, 2014 10:08:39 GMT -5
Aww, glad I am not the only one.
Whenever I make different bread, the dough rises and the bread is a success. But brioche fails everytime. Should I just blame the French?
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Post by wombatrois on Oct 6, 2014 18:29:44 GMT -5
Yes!
Another idea is to let the dough rise without kneading, or with minimal kneading. Let the yeast do the work, so to speak.
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Post by poppy on Oct 7, 2014 2:16:15 GMT -5
Every time I try to make anything that needs rising it flops. I think I need a kitchen aid for kneading the dough...Also I am never able to mix egg white into a nice fluffy consistency. Sorry, no help, just sympathy. when whisking egg whites - make sure the bowl is 100% clean, nothing extra in the whites - no bits of yellow or shell. Whisk, as with the bowl is to be clean and dry. Yes, it can take some time to get nice firm peaks to appear. Tulip - I have never made Brioche but I am wondering if too much handling could be the problem or the extra flour from all the kneading. As Wombatrois has suggested let the yeast do its work. |
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Post by Tulipana on Oct 7, 2014 2:22:27 GMT -5
That's interesting, 'cause all the recipes I've tried explicitely said to knead until arms fall off. Hm.
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Post by poppy on Oct 7, 2014 5:06:02 GMT -5
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Post by Tulipana on Oct 7, 2014 5:58:41 GMT -5
I definately didn't knead for five minutes. My arms would fall off. Hm. I'll see about it next weekend.
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