Easy recipe for Chocolate & hazelnut babka

Chocolate & hazelnut babka

I've been seeing this brioche on instagram for a long time, so when I saw Jeffrey Cagnes' babka recipe in the last issue of Fou de Pâtisserie, I didn't hesitate long before going for it! It's a brioche easy to make (simpler if you have a robot of course, but you can always make it by hand) and rather fast. Of course, you can choose the spread, and even the nuts of your choice :-)

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Prep time : 30 minutes + 1h45 rest + 25 minutes cooking
For a 20 to 24cm brioche :

Ingredients :

250g flour
3g salt
50g sugar
12g fresh yeast
150g milk (whole for me)
50g butter
30g dark chocolate (Valrhona Caribbean here)
40g hazelnuts (when redoing the recipe I put 65g)
150g of chocolate and hazelnut spread

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Recipe :

Place the flour, salt, sugar, yeast and milk in the food processor bowl (being careful not to bring the yeast into contact with the salt).

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Knead at medium speed for 5-6 minutes, then add the butter cut into small cubes and continue to knead until you get an elastic dough which comes away from the sides of the bowl.

Place the dough in the fridge for 1 hour.

After resting, roll out the dough into a large rectangle the length of the pan and three times its width.

Lightly heat the spread to make it easier to handle. Spread it on the brioche, then chop the chocolate and hazelnuts before spreading them over the spread.