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Home » Bread » French Breads » Pain Pavé

Pain Pavé

Pain Pavé on a bread board.

Pain Pavé on a bread board. Christ At / Getty Images Signature via Canva Pro.

Pains pavés are French rustic white wheat breads, often smallish, that are usually flattish, slightly rounded on top, and not very tall, so that they look vaguely like a cobblestone.

Some bakers, though, use the term pavé also for a bread that has risen a bit more and is irregularly-shaped, or for larger loaves. The term is not regulated, so what bakers and grocery stores use it to mean may continue to stretch and evolve.

Traditional pain pavé is based on a dough starter, traditionally rye. It is allowed to rise three times, an hour each time.

The resultant breads have a honeycombed, cream-coloured crumb with a slightly acidic flavour and a thick crunchy crust.

Some versions include malted wheat flour now in the base ingredients, and mix in walnuts and / or sunflower seeds as well.

Pain pavé is particularly popular in Provence in the south of France, and in Ardennes in north-eastern France.

It is often served with olive oil as a dip.

See also: French Breads

Language Notes

“Pavé” means “cobblestone.” The bread is sometimes referred to as “Pain Pavé au Levain.”

Other names

French: Pain Pavé

This page first published: Jun 6, 2006 · Updated: Apr 23, 2022.

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