I had a bit of a brain freeze and totally forgot that this was BWJ week. Luckily without a mixer I have perfected a brioche dough made in the breadmaker and whipped these beauties out in about 2.5 hours!
They are called Savoury Brioche Pockets, and just as the name suggest, they are a brioche dough wrapped around a savoury filling. As I had forgotten about the recipe I didn't have any goat's cheese or chives on hand but I did happen to have leftover steamed potato in the fridge.
To make my filling I sauteed some onion, garlic and spinach in butter until soft then added it to cold mashed potato along with a handful of grated cheddar cheese, some salt and pepper. Basically it made the yummiest mashed potato you can imagine!
The taste test ...
They didn't blow my socks off but it was pretty tasty. The filling was delicious and you can't go past brioche. I'm just not a huge pan of potatoes in bread. It just seemed a bit too heavy even though the filling was lightened up with veg. I think my brioche discs were a bit too thick so the ratio of bread to filling was a bit off. Still a success overall though.
Carrie of Loaves and Stitches will have the recipe up today and to see what the other bakers thought of this one, check out the LYL section.
These were tasty. I love the way you finished these off. Pretty.
ReplyDeleteWell, yours LOOK perfect!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments on the starch-filled starch. In the week leading up to bake day I kept trying to come up with a decent alternative but never really got there. Maybe some sort of marinara-meatball? Or even take some cues from strombolis/hot pockets?
ReplyDeleteYour brioche is beautiful! The mixing sent a death knell to my Kitchen Aid and the bread machine finished the job! http://praycookblog.com/2013/05/20/the-brioche-that-killed-my-kitchen-aid/
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you could make brioche dough in a breadmaker. That's pretty darn cool! (and my KA would love a break!)
ReplyDeleteYour pocket looks so lovely.
These look really good, nicely crimped edges.
ReplyDeleteLooks nice, might have to try it myself
ReplyDeleteI think mixing the dough in the bread machine's actually a good idea - brioche has killed a few KitchenAids in this group and in French Fridays, too. I love the edges of your pocket. Mine disappeared when they went into the oven.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Yes, the potato was a bit heavy. I probably would have preferred an all veggie filling.
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