Pastry Cream Brioches

Ingredients

• Pastry Cream

  • 2/3 cup (140 g) sugar
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) milk
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped or 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter, diced

• Brioches

  • 4 cups (600 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup (70 g) sugar
  • 2 tsp instant yeast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup (250 ml) warm milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup (170 g) unsalted butter, softened
  • Slices peeled clementines, apricot halves or berries, to taste
  • 1 egg yolk, beaten
  • Pearl sugar, for sprinkling (optional)