Orange and Chocolate Bread

Introduction

Bread is a staple part of our traditional diet in Europe, East, India and America.
From the first bread made with only water, yeast and flour to the bread we eat now, there has been much progress.
This is an orange and chocolate bread, its typical from France and Catalonia. This bread created by Daniel Jordà, a great chef and baker who has his workshop in Trinitat neighborhood in Barcelona.
It is a bread that can be eaten alone or can also be served with savory dishes.

Recipe

Ingredients

•  500 g bread flour
• 100 g egg (2 eggs)
• 30 g sugar
• 10 g salt
• 100 g milk
• 50 g water
• 100 g butter
• 40g fresh yeast
• 125 g candied orange
• 100 g chocolate pearls (keep them in the freezer)

Drawing

Step 1:

Mix all the ingredients except the butter, chocolate and orange. We do this in a bowl and when it is all integrated add butter ointment, initially difficult join, mix it and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Step 2:

Knead it again and now we can mix well, let stand for about 10 minutes and folds.

We replace the last three rounds and knead it afefim orange and chocolate after having stretched dough. Fold it back and let it rest for 45 minutes covered well.

Step 3:

The dough is very elastic it, divide it into several portions according to taste. We put it in molds or on a parchment paper and iron furnace. Allow to rise until doubled in volume.

We take out the paint and lowered egg with water. The oven and put it in there you lay the pieces 170-180ºC for 15-20 minutes, depending on size.

Cool and eat.

Daniela Baliu i Berta Pallé