Go Back
–+ servings
Servings: 1 bread

French bread

Author: Anette Søstrøm Asmussen
Keyword: Baking, Bread, France, Sides
Prep Time: 1 day
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 gram Yeast
  • 300 gram Water cold
  • 450 gram Wheat Flour or French wheat flour type 55
  • Oil neutral in taste, for brushing
  • 5 gram Yeast
  • 100 gram Water cold
  • 100 gram Tipo 00 Flour
  • 100 gram Whole Wheat Flour
  • 30 gram Butter soft
  • 10 gram Salt

Instructions

  • Day 1 - Pre-dough:

  • Crumble the yeast in a bowl or dough basin.
  • Dissolve the yeast in the water and add the wheat flour.
  • Briefly knead the dough until it's uniform.
  • Brush the surface of the dough with a little oil and let it rise, covered, on the kitchen counter until the next day.  
  • Day 2 - Dough:

  • Crumble the yeast in a bowl.
  • Add the yeast and dissolve it in the liquid.
  • Add the pre-dough and the other ingredients and knead into a firm, elastic, and uniform dough.
  • Let the dough rise, covered, on the kitchen counter for about 1 hour.
  • Gently shape the dough into a cigar-shaped loaf.
  • Score the dough with a sharp knife or a razor blade and let the bread rise again for 1-2 hours.
  • Generously dust the surface with flour.
  • Bake the bread at 250 degrees Celsius (482 degrees Fahrenheit) convection for 10 minutes and then at 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit) convection for 20 minutes.
  • French bread
  • French bread