Baguettes

Baguettes

This page first published: Sep 14, 2003 · Updated: Oct 4, 2020 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

Baguettes © Denzil Green Most debates about baguettes between Francophiles quickly descend into acrimony. People love to reminisce about their holidays, and compare bakeries on ‘rue du this’ versus ‘rue du that’. Before too long, someone will wade in and says the best baguettes, not to mention the best spoken French, can actually be found…

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Bread Couches

This page first published: Jul 17, 2006 · Updated: Nov 16, 2019 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

A bread couche is a bed made of stiff fabric for shaped bread dough to rise in. It is used for bread that is baked free-standing, not in pans. It helps the dough keep its shape while proofing and rising.

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Broad Bean Flour

This page first published: Feb 24, 2004 · Updated: Jun 20, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

Broad bean flour is made from dried, uncooked broad beans in pods. The dark, tough spines on the bean pods are usually removed before grinding. The classic French baguette contains broad bean flour. The broad bean flour will be up to 2 % of what’s in the flour that is used, which is usually Farine…

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Ficelle

This page first published: Aug 15, 2010 · Updated: May 6, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

A Ficelle is a long, cylinder-shaped French bread. A Ficelle has crispy brown, split-top crust, and a chewy interior with air-pockets. It is identical to a baguette, including the production method and the scoring on the top, except it is made much more thinly. Generally, a Ficelle will be the same length as a baguette,…

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French Bread Pans

This page first published: Jul 9, 2006 · Updated: Jul 26, 2020 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

A French bread pan is an American innovation to help home bakers make French-style baguettes. In France, there is no such thing actually called a “French bread pan.” French bread pans are two or three long half-tubes joined at the sides, used for making baguettes in. The assumption in the name is that the type…

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Poolish

This page first published: Jun 18, 2004 · Updated: Apr 12, 2020 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

Poolish is a starter leavener. You use all of it in making your bread. This is still considered the method of choice for making French baguettes.

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Quignon

This page first published: Jun 7, 2005 · Updated: May 7, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

Quignon usually refers to the heel end of a loaf of crusty bread, such as a baguette, particularly when torn off. Sometimes people use the word “Quignon” to refer to a thick wedge of bread from any part of the loaf, whether cut or torn off.

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Sausage & Glazed Onion Rolls Recipe

This page first published: Sep 9, 2003 · Updated: Apr 9, 2019 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

A simple, inexpensive take on Beef Wellington

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Sausage Baguettes Recipe

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Makes a good lunch with a leafy salad.

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Savoury Bread ‘n Butter Pudding Recipe

This page first published: Sep 24, 2002 · Updated: Apr 9, 2019 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

This is very tasty with the leeks, but you can use sliced onions instead if you have onions to hand.

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