French Baguette
Serves
1
Total Time
6hrs 50mins
Calories
1456
It might seem a little daunting, but it's not as difficult as you might think to make baguettes at home.
- Bread flour
400 g (about 3 ¼ cups)
- Salt
5 g (about ⅞ teaspoon)
- Active dried yeast
5 g (about 1 ¼ teaspoons)
- Water
280 g (about 1 ¼ cups)room temperature
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add bread flour, salt and active dried yeast to a clean large mixing bowl
- 2. Mix briefly until just blended
- 3. Add water to the dough
- 4. Mix until dough forms
- 5. Knead on lightly-floured surface - 5 min
- 6. Transfer dough to large mixing bowl
- 7. Cover large mixing bowl with plastic wrap
- 8. Let rise until doubled - 5 hr
- 9. Turn out on lightly-floured surface
- 10. Shape
- 11. Roll
- 12. Transfer content of large mixing bowl to baking sheet
- 13. Cover with kitchen towel
- 14. Let rise - 1 hr
- 15. Pre-heat oven - 200°C
- 16. Prepare
- 17. Bake - 25 min, 200°C
- 18. Let cool
METHOD
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