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recette de la fougasse d'Aigues Mortes (brioche moelleuse) à la fleur d'oranger

Original in French

Hervé Palmieri · hervecuisine.com · 2026 · 8

Against 217 brioche recipes

Less sugar than 98% of recipes and more milk or water than 96%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 217 brioche recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less sugar than 98% of recipes: 5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about half as much.
  • More milk or water than 96% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 25%, about twice as much.
Butter: 28%, 33rd percentileEgg: 30%, 29th percentileSugar: 5%, 1st percentileMilk or water: 50%, 97th percentileSalt: 0.6%, 31st percentileYeast: 1.3%, 42nd percentileButterEggSugarMilk orwaterSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 500 g de farine de blé500 g
  • 20 g de levure de boulanger fraîche (ou 7 g sèche)20 g
  • 3 œufs≈ 150 g
  • 100 g de beurre doux mou100 g
  • 80 g de sucre blond de canne (au lieu de 150 à 180 g classiques)100 ml de lait tiède80 g
  • 50 ml de crème liquide entière≈ 50 g
  • 2 c. à soupe d’eau de fleur d’oranger (dans la pâte)≈ 30 g
  • 1/2 c. à café de sel≈ 3 g
  • facultatif : zeste d’un citron bion/a
  • 40 g de beurre en petits dés40 g
  • 2 cuil à soupe de sucre≈ 25 g
  • 6 cuil à soupe d'eau de fleur d'oranger (ou plus)≈ 89 g

flour 500 gbatter 1087 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 217 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter28% · 33rd percentile
  • Egg30% · 29th percentile
  • Sugar5% · 1st percentile
  • Milk or water50% · 97th percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 31st percentile
  • Yeast1.3% · 42nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
15 minutes
median 30 minutes

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