Italian Brioche

We had guests over for lunch the other day. Dad invited 4 local staff (valerie, debbie, remy et sape lg sorang tak ingt..but lg sorang tu once borrowed mama's baju kurung for a reception on national day and later bought it from mama) from the embassy for a taste of malaysian cooking. Nasi tomato tak pedas langsung was on the menu. They complimented and raved about the smell and the chicken, but what was normal to expect from mat sallehs, they do not eat much. Well at least not much rice. Jelatah sayur was finished, along with dalca daging which mama ladden with cauliflowers (x ingt sp?) and other legumes. For dessert mama prepared the usual agar2 pudding with lychee topping. Yumm.

But that is not what I want to share today. Valerie brought us cadeaux which turned out to be a gateaux. Bloody big box it came in. And it was so..fluffy. Mcm pipi mama. Haha..

Presenting you..italian brioche!! Brioche is actually a bread-like pastery that can come in billions of different erm, fillings of fruits or chocolates. This one had raisins, and was topped off with a meringue and almond topping which was oven baked to give a sweet crispy crown on the top.

It was humungous, so we decided to share it with baby dina and encik amran's family. Even the local swiss told us that once you started eating it, you can't stop. (very true, pantang da siap potong mesti licin)

So that is the story of the first time our family had italian brioche-which is very typical in the winter-for tea!!