Lamona (Algerian Brioche)

20 Feb 2010 9 Comments

by Umm Ibrahim in Algerian, Breads, Breakfast, Chocolate Tags: Algerian, bread, Recipes

Lamona are Algerian brioches which are typically enjoyed for breakfast accompanied by milky, freshly brewed coffee. The lemon zest in the dough gives a wonderful aroma and lovely flavour.

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You will need:

125ml warm milk
100ml warm water
1 egg beaten
60g melted butter or margarine
zest of 1 lemon
70g sugar
425g strong plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons easy blend yeast

Method:

I have a breadmaker so I put the ingredients above into the breadmachine in the order listed and use the pizza or dough setting. This setting will mix, kneed and rise the dough but will stop before baking.

Alternatively, mix the dry ingredients together, combine the wet ingredients and then gradually kneed the wet ingredients into the dry and kneed until you have a smooth, flexible dough and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour.

Once the cycle has ended, knock back the dough and cut into 12 pieces.

Put a chunk of dark chocolate in the centre of each piece of dough:

Shape into a bun:

Place on a lightly floured baking tray and glaze with beaten egg and half a teaspoonful of sugar:

Leave to prove for another 30-60 mins and then bake at 400F for 15 mins or until they sound hollow when tapped.