Their dad is working from home today, so the girls decided to make this special treat for our breakfast this morning. It is beautiful and absolutely delicious! They took pictures of each stage so you could make it without having to watch the video over and over. (We will say that it is worth one watch, however, even if just to hear to speaker's cool accent and to cement in your head how you must forevermore pronounce "Chocolate Star Bread.")
1) Divide the brioche recipe into two even lumps. (This will make two CHOC oh lut STAH breads.)
2) Divide one of the lumps into four even sections.
3) Roll out the first quarter of the dough into a round a bit larger than the size of a large dinner plate. Cut around the edge of your dinner plate with a knife to create a perfect circle.
4) Cover the first round with a thin layer of Nutella.
5) Repeat with the next three quarters of dough, so that you have four rounds and three layers of Nutella by the end.
6) Place a small juice glass in the center of your stack of rounds, and cut the outer portion into sixteen even, pie-shaped wedges.
(Cut into fourths, then cut those in half again, then repeat, to make it easier.)
7) Take two of the wedges that are next to one another and twist them over twice to reveal the lovely inside pattern. At this point, just lay them down once they're twisted.
8) Repeat for all of the sections.
9) Pinch each of the two "star points" together.
10) Transfer the whole thing to parchment paper using a large spatula.
11) Brush with egg white.
12) Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Once the star bread is baked, each pinched point of the star will just pull out and be its own individual piece. It makes eight identical pieces, plus the small, gooey center piece left at the end. You can see it in all its video glory here.
Elanore started with a pretty involved brioche recipe. It was a bit of a pain, but very worth it. Click the link to make that recipe, which will take a while. (She started it one day ahead of the planned "CHOC oh lut STAH bread" baking day.)
Here are the steps, illustrated for you in order:
2) Divide one of the lumps into four even sections.
3) Roll out the first quarter of the dough into a round a bit larger than the size of a large dinner plate. Cut around the edge of your dinner plate with a knife to create a perfect circle.
4) Cover the first round with a thin layer of Nutella.
5) Repeat with the next three quarters of dough, so that you have four rounds and three layers of Nutella by the end.
NOTE: At this point, you are supposed to move the entire thing to the parchment paper on the cookie sheet before cutting. The girls forgot to move it at this point, and didn't move it until the very end, which worked fine, too.
6) Place a small juice glass in the center of your stack of rounds, and cut the outer portion into sixteen even, pie-shaped wedges.
(Cut into fourths, then cut those in half again, then repeat, to make it easier.)
7) Take two of the wedges that are next to one another and twist them over twice to reveal the lovely inside pattern. At this point, just lay them down once they're twisted.
8) Repeat for all of the sections.
9) Pinch each of the two "star points" together.
10) Transfer the whole thing to parchment paper using a large spatula.
11) Brush with egg white.
12) Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Once the star bread is baked, each pinched point of the star will just pull out and be its own individual piece. It makes eight identical pieces, plus the small, gooey center piece left at the end. You can see it in all its video glory here.
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