Brioche with egg and truffle

Total: 3 hr 35 min. | Active: 35 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 4 people

Dough
½ cube yeast (approx. 20 g)
400 g white flour
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
125 g butter, soft
eggs
1 dl milk
To shape
egg
Peas
200 g peas
  salted water, boiling
¼ tsp Truffle oil
¼ tsp salt
a little  pepper
Eggs
fresh eggs
  water, boiling
To serve
1 glass summer truffle (approx. 20 g)
2 pinch sea salt
a little  pepper

How it's done

Dough

Crumble the yeast, place in a bowl with the flour, salt and sugar, mix. Add the butter, eggs and milk, knead into a soft, smooth dough using the dough hook on a food processor for approx. 10 mins. Cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 2 hrs. until doubled in size.

To shape

Divide the dough into 4 portions, shape into balls, place in the prepared tin. Cover and leave to rise for a further 30 mins.

Beat the egg and use it to glaze the brioche.

To bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, remove from the tin and leave to cool completely on a rack.

Peas

Cook the peas in boiling salted water for approx. 4 mins. until soft, drain, place in a bowl. Mix in the oil, season, roughly mash with a fork.

Eggs

Boil the eggs in simmering water for approx. 6 mins., rinse in cold water, then peel.

To serve

Spread the peas on the brioche, finely grate the truffle over the top. Halve the eggs, place on top, season.

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