Bostock (Almond Crusted Brioche)
Makes about 8 slices
Ingredients
Frangipane
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup almonds
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3½ oz butter, softened & cut into chunks
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp whole milk
Orange Blossom Simple Syrup
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp orange flower water
Bread, Almonds to Encrust & Dusting of Powdered Sugar
- 1 loaf of brioche (watch Basic Brioche to make it from scratch)
- 2 cups sliced almonds
- powdered sugar for dusting cooled bostock
Special Equipment
- food processor
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
How-to
- In a food processor, pulse together the sugar and almonds until you have a cornmeal consistency. Add salt and pulse. Add butter and pulse to combine
- Once smooth, mix in egg and vanilla. Add milk and mix until smooth. It's ready to use right away, but best if refrigerated for 1 hour
- Preheat oven to 350º
- To make simple syrup, in a small saucepan, heat the water and sugar just until sugar granules have dissolved. Cool and whisk in orange flower water. (Refrigerate extra simple syrup)
- Cut 4-8 slices of brioche into ¾" slices. Lay flat on a lined sheet pan. Brush each piece liberally with orange blossom syrup. Spread some frangipane onto each slice and spread evenly
- Put 2 cups of sliced almonds in a shallow dish. Working one at a time, place brioche slices with frangipane-side-down into the dish of almonds and then place slice face up back on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- Bake at 350º for 15-20 minutes, or until bottoms of brioche are evenly browned. Let cool and dust with powdered sugar