Blueberry filled Brioche

Hello my sweet ladys and gentlemen,

this time I've made something special. As you know, sundys are not only for relaxing but also for exploring. Every sunday we go out for a nice long walk and we spend a lot of time outside. After such a long walk, there's nothing better then coming home to a loveley smelling house with a warm brioche in the oven.
To me, brioche is a autumn/winter musthave.

This time, I developed a recipe of a fluffy sweet brioche filled with heavey cream cheese and lots of juicy blueberries inside. I was a bit nervous about the way it would turn out so it was also  bit ike exploring.. but I'm telling you it turned out even better then I expected.
I sprinkled brown sugar and some sliced almonds on top which created the perfect bit of crunchyness on top and the dough... oh my goodness the dough came out so moist and fluffy and the filling was just perfectly sweet and fruity. After taking the first bite, you simply can't stop eating more. This brioche, is like sliced heaven with blueberries inside.  And it tastes even better when you have some creamy hot chocolate or a nice cup of black tea with it. Yum!
You need to take yourself some time to make this as the dough needs 4 hours to rise and I know it sounds a lot but believe me, it makes a huge difference and it is so worth it.

 Ingredients:

- Dough-
42 g fresh yeast
500g all purpose flour
1      egg
150g sugar
50g   butter
1 tbs cream cheese
50 ml milk


-Filling-
4 tbs full fat chream cheese
2 tbs sour cream
4 tbs sugar
150g blueberries (fresh or frozen)






Preparation:

Grab a large bowl and mix the four and sugar together. Then, in a small bowl, mix togehter warm milk and the fresh yeast and pour it over the flour and sugar mixture. Then, one by one add melted butter, one egg and the cream cheese and mix it all together until it becomes a silky soft dough. Now, take a clean large bowl, gease it with some vegetble oil and then put your dough in it. Cover it with a kitchen towel and put it in a warm place and let it rise for 3-4 hour (the longer, the better).
After that, flour the top of your kitchen counter and put the dough on it. Flatten it out a bit (ca. 1cm). Then, mix the cream cheese, sour cream and sugar together and put it in the middle of the dough from the top to the bottom and add all the blueberries on top of it. Now, fold the top and the bottom sides in first, continuing with the left and right sides and folding them from side to side and pressing the last ends together so it creates a closed kind of "bag" and nothing will come out while baking. Put it on a lined baking tray and brush it with milk, sprinkle some brown sugar and a hand full of sliced almonds on top.
Now, you are ready to put it in the preheated oven at 180 °C and bake for about 25 minutes until the top is really crusty and brown. Them, get it out and let it cool completely. And here you are, a proud baker of the worlds best blueberry filled brioche bread. Enjoy your treat!

!And be prepared for next weeks Blogpost: I will be posting a special recipe for healthy brownies! Xoxo