Brioche chick with marzipan head

Name: Brioche chick with marzipan head
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 75 g Butter; 8 TABLESPOONS Milk; 1/2 cube (21 g) fresh yeast; 25 g Sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 250 g Flour; 2 Eggs (size M); 1 Egg yolk (size M); 200 g Marzipan raw mass; 2 TABLESPOONS Icing sugar; 7-10 Tbsp yellow and red food colouring; 7-10 Tbsp white and brown sugar writing; 7-10 Tbsp Grease; 7-10 Tbsp wooden skewers

AUTHOR
Brooke Calhoun

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
75 mins

TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1

75 g Butter
8 TABLESPOONS Milk
1/2 cube (21 g) fresh yeast
25 g Sugar
1 pinch Salt
250 g Flour
2 Eggs (size M)
1 Egg yolk (size M)
200 g Marzipan raw mass
2 TABLESPOONS Icing sugar
7-10 Tbsp yellow and red food colouring
7-10 Tbsp white and brown sugar writing
7-10 Tbsp Grease
7-10 Tbsp wooden skewers

Directions

1
Melt butter, remove from heat and add 6 tablespoons of milk. Leave to cool at lukewarm. Stir yeast with sugar until liquid. Put salt, flour, eggs, butter-milk mixture and yeast in a bowl. Knead to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes.
2
Grease brioche moulds of different sizes (small: bottom 4 cm Ø, top 7.5 cm Ø, 60 ml capacity; medium: 4.5 cm Ø, 9 cm Ø, 100 ml capacity, large: 5.5 cm Ø, 10 cm Ø, 150 ml capacity). Knead the dough once again. Form balls of different sizes and place them in the moulds. Place on a baking tray. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 10 minutes. Whisk the egg yolk with 2 tablespoons of milk and brush the balls with it. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 15-20 minutes. Let them cool down. Knead marzipan and icing sugar. Colour 2/3 of the marzipan yellow with food colouring, colour the remaining marzipan red. Form 10 heads of different sizes from the yellow marzipan.
3
Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 15-20 minutes. Let them cool down. Knead marzipan and icing sugar. Colour 2/3 of the marzipan yellow with food colouring, colour the remaining marzipan red. Form 10 heads of different sizes from the yellow marzipan. Fix them on the brioche with the help of small wooden skewers. Form strands from one part of the red marzipan and wrap them around the "neck" as a scarf. Roll small balls, place them as beaks in the middle of the heads and score them with a small wooden skewer. Form small "combs" from thin strands, attach them to the top of the heads and notch them with a wooden skewer. Paint eyes with sugar writing. Serve with butter and jam
4
Fix them on the brioche with the help of small wooden skewers. Form strands from one part of the red marzipan and wrap them around the "neck" as a scarf. Roll small balls, place them as beaks in the middle of the heads and score them with a small wooden skewer. Form small "combs" from thin strands, attach them to the top of the heads and notch them with a wooden skewer. Paint eyes with sugar writing. Serve with butter and jam
5
1 1/2 hours waiting time