Braided brioche

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Ingredients:
- 340 gr. flour (000 type)
- 125 gr. butter
- 100 gr. sugar
- 3 eggs + 1
- 70 ml. milk + 3 tbsp
- 8 gr. dried yeast
- Salt

Method: dissolve the yeast in 3 tablespoons of milk. Let it rest for 15 minutes, and then stir it with a spoon. In a bowl, beat three eggs. In another bowl, sift the flour and pour in the middle the milk with the yeast, the sugar, the eggs, a pinch of salt and the rest of the milk. Knead well for 20 minutes. Add softened butter gradually, mixing well. Knead for another 20 minutes. The dough must be smooth and it should come unstuck from the edges of the bowl. Make a ball and cover it with a tea towel, place it in a warm place. After one hour and a half, uncover the dough and knead it again for 5 minutes, in order to remove the air inside. Put the dough in a bowl and cover with clingfilm and place it in the fridge for at least 6 hours (you can leave it for 30 hours). After that, take the dough out of the fridge and knead it for the last time. Grease a baking pan for brioches. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts and make 3 strips. Make a braid with the 3 strips, and put the brioche in the baking pan. Cover it again and let it rise for another one hour and a half. Preheat the oven at 180ºC, meanwhile, beat the remaining egg and apply it on the top, with the help of a brush. Bake the brioche for 30 minutes more or less.

Baby Pound Cakes

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Ingredients:
- 170 gr. butter
- 115 gr. mascarpone cheese
- 340 gr. sugar
- 300 gr. flour
- 3 eggs
- Vanilla extract
• Frosting
- Icing sugar
- Milk

Method: beat butter and mascarpone cheese. Add eggs one at a time, and then, sugar. Finally, add flour and vanilla extract and mix well. Pour the mixture into the baking pan and bake them in the preheated oven for 20 minutes at 170ºC. Let cool. Make the frosting and cover the top of the cakes with the aid of a brush.
To make the frosting, put some icing sugar in a bowl and add a dash of milk. Mix till have a thick paste.

Chocolate muffins with marshmallows

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Ingredients:
- 50 gr. melted butter
- 225 gr. flour
- 50 gr. cocoa powder
- 10 gr. baking powder
- 100 gr. sugar
- 70 gr. chocolate drops
- 70 gr. marshmallows
- 175 ml. milk
- 2 eggs

Method: cut the marshmallows in little pieces. In a bowl, mix together the flour, the baking powder and the cocoa. Then, in another bowl, beat the eggs, and add the melted cool butter, the milk and the sugar. Mix well. Add this to the flour mixture and mix again, but not too much. Finally, add the marshmallows and the chocolate drops. Grease the muffin molds and fill them ¾ full. Bake them in the preheated oven at 180ºC for 20 minutes.

Pizza focaccia

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Ingredients:
- 170-200 gr. boiled and skinless potato
- 400 ml. water (the water where we boiled the potatoes)
- 3 tsp dried yeast
- 550 gr. flour
- 20 gr. salt
- A dash of oil

Method: Boil the skinless potatoes and make a puree with them. Add the sifted flour. Mix the yeast and the water and add it to the flour. Then, add the salt and a dash of oil to. Knead well, for 15 minutes at least. Make a ball and cover it with a tea towel. Let it rise in a warm and dry place for an hour. Knead once again (oiling hands) and grease an oven tray. Roll out the dough and place it on the tray. Spread the tomato sauce all over the dough. Preheat the oven at 200ºC and bake it until the sauce is dry, take it out and top the pizza. Bake once again at 220ºC until browning.

Red wine cake

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Ingredients:
- 250 gr. flour
- 200 gr. sugar
- 200 gr. butter
- 200 ml. red wine
- 100 gr. couverture chocolate
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 baking powder packet
- A pinch of vanilla powder

Method: grate the chocolate. Beat the eggs and add the butter, previously melted, and then mix. Add the rest of the ingredients, except the flour and the baking powder and mix once again. Sift the flour with the baking powder and add them to the mixture. Bake it in the preheated oven at 180ºC for 35-40 minutes.

Cake with white chocolate ganache

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Ingredients:
- 200 gr. flour
- 150 gr. white chocolate
- 375 gr. butter
- 200 gr. brown sugar
- 2.5 dl. milk
- ½ packet baking powder
- 2 eggs

Ganache:
- 400 gr. white chocolate
- 1.5 dl. cream

Method: in a small saucepan, put the chocolate, the butter, the milk and the sugar until they are melted and homogeneous. Let cool. Add the flour, the baking powder and the beaten eggs. Mix well. Pour the mixture into the baking pan and bake it in the preheated oven at 180º for 60 minutes. Let cool.
To prepare the ganache, heat the cream and the white chocolate in the hob stove. Stir from time to time. Let cool a little and spread the cream on the cake.

Bagels

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Ingredients:
- 170 ml. milk
- 260 gr. flour
- 6 gr. dried yeast
- 3 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg

Method: heat the milk and add the salt. Dissolve the yeast in the milk and stir. Add the other ingredients and knead it until smooth. Cover the dough and let it rise to double the volume. Uncover the bagels and knead it again to deflate. Make balls and make a hole in the middle of the buns with the help of the thumb in order to get the bagel shape.
Fill a pot with water and let it boil. When the first bubbles appear, put the bagels in the pot, one minute for each side. Take the bagels out the water and place them in a baking tray. Brush the bagels with the egg and sprinkle some sesame or poppy seeds if you want to. Bake them for about 15 minutes at 200ºC. Let cool and stuff them as you wish.

Caramel custard with milk jam

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Ingredients:
- 500 ml. milk
- 250 gr. milk jam
- 30 gr. sugar
- 3 eggs
- Vanilla
- Caramel

Method: heat the milk and dissolve the sugar, a pinch of vanilla and the milk jam in it. Beat the eggs and add them. Mix well. Coat some molds with caramel and pour the mixture into them. Cook in the oven at “bain-marie” (fan option) at 175º for 30-40 minutes.