Vegan Olive Oil Brioche – Holy Cow Vegan

A scrumptious vegan brioche made with additional virgin olive oil as a substitute of butter. This dairy-free, eggless model of the traditional French bread bakes up stunningly golden brown and fluffy with a comfortable, mild and tender crumb. I’ve included a video that goes by the complete course of step-by-step so you’ll be able to simply make this attractive brioche.

There’s something somewhat addictive a couple of brioche: a goodness so delicate, it makes me marvel if the femme or homme who uttered the phrase “je ne sais quoi” for the primary time ever was tucking into a brioche.

This stunning bread has a light-weight however close-knit and comfortable crumb, a chic, barely-there sweetness, and a flaky, golden crust that melts in your mouth. In France, a brioche (pronounced bri-yosh) is taken into account a “viennoiserie,” a breakfast bread like croissant, falling because it does on the cusp of a bread and a cake.

Conventional brioche recipes makes use of a ton of butter and eggs to get that unbelievable texture and wealthy taste. However making an ideal brioche with out eggs and butter could be very doable. I’ve shared with you two variations of a vegan brioche in previous years: a shocking avocado brioche, that makes use of avocado in lieu of a lot of the butter, and this recipe that I’m resharing at present with up to date pictures and a video that exhibits the complete course of step-by-step: a vegan olive oil brioche.

This vegan brioche makes use of aquafaba or chickpea brine as a substitute of eggs (a method I additionally use in my vegan chocolate babka). It is a must-try when you love baking bread. The aquafaba provides the bread a beautiful lightness and helps obtain that good, comfortable, feathery texture. Olive oil stands in properly for the butter, and it makes this indulgent bread just a little more healthy too!

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Why you’ll love this vegan brioche

• Excellent texture. Vegan brioche recipes usually sacrifice the eggs and simply use vegan butter as a substitute of normal butter. However the eggs are a key ingredient on this bread and with out them you will not get that mild texture so necessary in a brioche. Aquafaba solves that drawback with ease, permitting for that incredible texture with out the eggs.
• Wealthy taste. The additional virgin olive oil provides the right, wealthy taste to the brioche, and it retains the bread more healthy than when you had been utilizing vegan butter (store-bought variations are usually ultra-processed).
• Simple recipe. It may be formidable to make a brioche, however relaxation straightforward as a result of the step-by-step video demystifies the method so you’ll be able to see precisely what the dough ought to seem like at each stage of the method.
• Soy-free, nut-free and vegan recipe. It is arduous to think about anybody may maintain their fingers off this wonderful bread, and so they will not!

Components

• Energetic dry yeast or immediate yeast. You should use both, with no distinction to the outcomes. I as a rule use energetic dry yeast.
• Non-dairy milk. Use any milk of your selection, together with almond milk, soy milk, oat milk and cashew milk.
• Sugar. A brioche must be flippantly, however not very, candy. Use any granulated sugar right here. I used turbinado sugar.
• Bread flour and all-purpose flour. You want a mix to accumulate the best texture. Nevertheless, if all-purpose flour is all you have got, you’ll be able to substitute that for the bread flour.
• Further virgin olive oil. You will not actually style the olive oil within the bread, however it is going to add a beautiful richness and taste.

For non-obligatory “egg” wash

• Maple syrup. A easy “egg” wash of equal components maple syrup, olive oil and aquafaba assist make this loaf much more golden and gorgeous.

Useful suggestions

• Two rises for wonderful taste: Brioche is a labor of affection as a result of making the dough takes just a little longer than making a median bread dough does, and it’s worthwhile to undergo two rises, like a real French baker would. Bear in mind, if one thing is price doing, it is price doing proper. Persistence is essential right here.
• Take your time to beat the fats into the dough: One of many issues that provides brioche its distinctive texture is that you just beat within the fats after the dough has already been shaped and kneaded. Butter incorporates quicker into the dough, as a result of it’s semi-solid at room temperature, however olive oil will take a bit longer: about 10-Quarter-hour in all, or 3-5 minutes after every addition of olive oil.
• Form the brioche: You possibly can form the brioche in a sectioned loaf, which I often do, or, in case you have a brioche pan, you need to use that as a substitute. If in case you have smaller brioche molds, use them to make 12 cute little brioche rolls with this recipe, however lower baking time down to about 12-Quarter-hour. You may as well make smaller balls and nestle them within the loaf pan, which might make a rater cute loaf, or braid the dough, like a vegan challah. You may as well merely bake the brioche into an everyday loaf.

Recipe FAQs

Storage directions

• Refrigerate: Retailer the vegan brioche in a bread field or hermetic container or plastic bag at room temperature or within the fridge for as much as 5 days.
• Freeze: Freeze the brioche in a freezer-safe container or bag for as much as 4 months.
• Thaw totally and heat in oven earlier than serving.

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