Steam Combi Recipe: Date and Cardamom Brioche Scrolls

These are so light, buttery and delicious and much easier than you may think.
They also freeze well and are great reheated in a steam combi oven.

Using silicon muffin tins means these are easy to remove when cooked . If using metal it pays to use a liner for each hole.  The cardamom can be replaced by cinnamon or mixed spice.

Recipe by Lauren Bavin, Cooking Technology Expert, Auckland

METHOD

1. Mix yeast with milk and sugar and wait for yeast to become bubbly. 

2. In the bowl of a kitchen stand mixer, with a dough hook inserted, add flour, salt and then butter and mix until the mixture becomes like breadcrumbs .
3. Add yeast and milk mixture and mix again to form a dry dough
4. Add eggs one at a time kneading well between each addition  

5. Knead for 6-7 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic 

6. Place in an oiled bowl and place in the oven on its dough proving function and leave to rise until doubled in size (approx 45-60 minutes)
7. While the dough is rising mix the butter sugar and cardamom together to a paste.  

8. When the dough is risen, remove from oven and knock back then roll out to approximately 40x30cm rectangle. 
9. Spread dough with butter and sugar mixture, making sure you go right to each of the short edges .
10. Sprinkle with the chopped dates, leaving a border at each of the long edges but going right to each of the short edges.
11. Roll up the dough and cut log in half, and then each half in half again 

12. Cut each section into 3 equal portions . 

13. Pinch the dough together on one end and place this pinched end into the bottom of a greased muffin tin hole Repeat for the remaining 11 portions. 

14. Leave to rise for a further 30-45 minutes. 

15. Preheat oven to 180C using bottom and fan forced with low humidity or ideally with 1 burst of stea .
16. When risen, and puffy place in oven near the bottom . 

17. Cook for 20 minutes or until golden brown 

18. Mix hot water with golden syrup and brush over brioche as soon as they come out of the oven.