Wednesday, March 24, 2021

A big failure but always a learning experience - cherry chocolate brioche

I don't usually post a mistake but I have the series of photos that actually look good.  It was just that the results weren't so great.  I can think of at least two problem areas . . . the substitute for the dried sweet cherries and not running my mixer at an optimum speed for kneading.   

Chocolate-Cherry Brioche

I think the motor on my mixer might be feeling some strain as it is making more noise than usual.  Last time I did a brioche and ran at high speed for 10 minutes, it got really hot.  This recipe calls for 15 minutes of kneading in the stand mixer.  I don't think I have dome brioche enough to perfect this stage.

Also, I used the cherry jammy bits from KA instead of the dried sweet cherries.  In theory, they should have worked but maybe they were too liquid-y as they melted.

I do love chocolate cherry flavors so maybe I will find another non-brioche recipe to attempt.  Maybe cupcakes would be good?   I have some canned cherries (not a pie mix) I could use.  That will be later.

All this looks good. Lots of time was spent on this.  The first rose looks ok but it just didn't rise enough.

Poor miserable too flat brioche.


I tossed it after trying to taste test.

No comments: