Bicolor braid with thermomix

Preparation of two-color braid with thermomix

1. We are going to start by heating and boiling 100 ml of milk for 1 min on the fire (we put more milk, because when it boils, part of it evaporates), this process will give the dough more fluffiness
2. Remove from the heat and let it reach a temperature of about 35/40°.
3. In a bowl, add the 60 ml of milk, 20 gr of sugar, stir, the crumbled yeast, stir, leave to rest for 15 min to activate the yeast
4. In the glass of our thermomix, we place the eggs, the rest of the sugar and invert, and the anise, we mix 10 seconds / speed 4
5. add the activated yeast
6. 10 seconds / speed 4
7. Now the flour
8. 6 seconds / speed 4
9. We let it rest for 20 min so that the flour particles hydrate.
10. Then, we knead 6/8 min, spike speed, Now we add the butter twice for the vowel, we knead others
11. 5 minutes / spike speed
12. We dump the dough on the counter, weigh it and divide it in two. Each portion in turn, we divide it into two pieces. We have to have 4 pieces left.
13. We extend a piece with our hands and add cocoa powder in the middle, we wrap the cocoa so that it permeates the entire mass. We make a ball, cover with film.
14. With the other pieces, we do the same procedure to place the dye; green and red. We left a piece undyed.
15. We cover each colored bowl with film and let them double in size (mine took 2 hours and 30 minutes to rise
16. ELABORATION FORMED
17. With the piece of cocoa and with the one that has no color, we degas (remove the air created after leavening),
18. kneading for a minute.
19. We divide each piece in two, thus creating a 4-strand braid.
20. We make some curls of approximately 30 cm. We make the braid, cover it with film and let it increase in size (1 hour and a half, approximately)
21. We do the same procedure with the red and green one (I have made the ends of this one longer and thinner)
22. I wanted to do something with the dough and give it that characteristic Christmas color, innovating,,,, both are really good, but perhaps I prefer the cocoa one more aesthetically
23. 20 min before the end of the leavening,
24. turn on the oven at 180°, heat up and down
25. When they have increased in volume; We beat the white of an egg with a bit of water and brush. I have put almond pieces. We bake about 25/30 min
26. We encourage you to do them, now with the cold, feel like a good coffee, tea or milk (according to taste)
27. THE ONLY LEFT IS TO ENJOY, GOOD APPRECIATION