The Art of French Pastry

would result in a liquid mixture that runs down the sides of the brioche as the brioche rises. The mixture would ...

(APPROXIMATE) OR OUNCE WEIGHT Brioche dough | ½ batch (make the entire recipe and freeze half the dough) | ½ ...

Whole milk (3.5% fat) | 175 grams | Scant ¾ cup Heavy cream (35% fat) | 18 grams | 4 teaspoons But ...

Vanilla bean, split and scraped | 1 bean | 1 bean Cornstarch | 11 grams | 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon All- ...

scant 2 teaspoons Egg yolks | 36 grams | 2 yolks Heavy cream (35% fat), for whipping | 42 grams | 3 tab ...

TOPPING Granulated sugar | 25 grams | 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons Clover honey | 25 grams | 1 tablespoon B ...

grams | Scant ¼ cup METHOD DAY 1 1 Make a recipe of brioche dough following the instructions and refr ...

Line a sheet pan with plastic wrap. In a medium stainless steel saucepan combine all but ¼ cup of the milk, ...

medium bowl whisk the cornstarch and the flour together with the remaining 16 grams of sugar. Add the ¼ cup ...

dry). Whisk half of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolk mixture. Strain the egg yolk mixture back ...

mixture does not scorch. As soon as you feel that the mixture is becoming slightly thick on the bottom of th ...

Return to the heat and bring back to a boil, whisking constantly. Cook, whisking, for 1 minute to cook ...

directly on top of the cream, so that the pastry cream is not in contact with the air. This will prevent ...

refrigerate. 7 Meanwhile, whip the 42 grams of cream to medium-stiff peaks. Once the pastry cream is ...

pan, grease it with melted butter. If you use a 9-inch round silicone Flexipan pan, you will not need t ...

2 Dust your work surface lightly with flour and make sure you have a lot of space in front ...

sliding it around on the table in clockwise circles. At first you need to press hard so that the dough sti ...

inch circle. Roll for 5 seconds, then turn the dough a quarter turn and roll again for 5 seconds. D ...

reaches the sides of the pan. 4 Make the bee sting topping. Place the sugar, honey, and butter in a smal ...

seconds. 5 Immediately pour the mixture evenly onto the brioche and spread it flat and evenly with a sm ...