Chestnut & chocolate babka | Bake the Click

Ingredients

• FOR THE FILLING
• 150 gr chestnuts cooked and peeled
• 100 gr full fat cream (35%)
• 10 gr unsalted butter
• ½ vanilla bean cut in half length side
• 1 tbsp cognac (or brandy)
• 25 gr water
• 25 gr brown sugar
• 120 gr melted dark chocolate (70%)
• 30 gr grated dark chocolate
• FOR THE DOUGH:
• 500 gr strong flour
• 2 eggs
• 150 gr brown sugar
• 8 gr dry yeast
• 150 gr butter
• 150 gr milk
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tbsp honey diluted with 1 tbsp water (for spreading)