La Veneziana: The Classic Sweet Italian Breakfast | ITALY Magazine

La Veneziana: The Classic Sweet Italian Breakfast | ITALY Magazine

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A yeasty roll, filled with just the right amount of vanilla pastry cream, this not-too-sweet brioche is a classic Italian breakfast treat.   

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  • Food & Drink
  • Dolce
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Ingredients

  • For the brioche: All-purpose flour
  • about 12 ½ cups
  • 3.3 pounds Salt
  • 1 ¾ tablespoons Granulated sugar
  • 1 1/3 cups Malt
  • 1 tablespoon Orange zest
  • of ½ orange Lemon zest
  • of ½ lemon Vanilla extract or vanilla bean
  • 1 tablespoon extract or 1/2 vanilla bean
  • grated on microplane Eggs
  • 19 large
  • beaten Brewer’s yeast
  • 9 tablespoons Unsalted butter 7 1/2 sticks
  • plus more for the pan
  • For the pastry cream: Egg yolks 8 Granulated sugar 8 tablespoons All-purpose flour
  • 8 tablespoons Whole milk 3 cups Heavy cream 1 cup Vanilla extract or vanilla bean 1 tablespoon extract or 1/2 vanilla bean
  • grated on microplane
  • To finish: Egg 1
  • beaten Confectioners’ sugar
  • for dusting

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