Brioche

Two years ago, I lost my favorite brioche recipe. It was a braided kind that was supposed to be served on Easter, the first one I ever made - and remade. After looking around on the web, I discovered that it was a variation of the brioche vendéenne. I wrote down the ingredients I remembered and hunted down more recipes.

In fact, it took so much time that I ended up making something completely different last tuesday; The Traveller's Lunchbox' post completely got me hooked. Too bad we didn't have any vanilla beans... I skipped the browned vanilla butter part completely. This was the first time I ever worked with fridge-raised dough.

It was a little too sweet for my taste but good. The hardest part was to give the second loaf to our neighbours. I'll probably do it again with vanilla beans - did you know I had never, ever used real beans before? They're quite expensive but I think I can make exceptions for big occasions...