French Baguettes
485
about 16 Portions
Intermediate
150 minutes
Low SugarEgg FreeVeganDairy FreeLow Fat
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These french baguettes are crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. They make the perfect picnic accompaniment on a warm summer's day!
Recipe Ingredients
How to Prepare
Recipe Ingredients
For the baguettes
7 g
Fast-action dried yeast
300 ml
Water (warm)
500 g
Strong White Bread Flour
7.5 g
Salt (1 1/2 tsp)
How to Prepare:
Total
:
150
minutes
Prep
:
30
minutes
1
For the Baguettes
Mix the warm water and yeast in a jug and leave to stand until the mixture is foaming on top, this should take about 5-10 minutes.
2
Place the flour and salt in a large bowl and mix together. Make a well in the centre of the flour and pour in the yeastmixture, combine to create a dough. You only need the dough to come together so it won’t be smooth and elastic.
Place the dough in an oiled rectangular container and cover with oiled cling film. Leave to rest for about 30 minutes, it will not rise much in this time.
4
Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and gently fold into thirds turning the dough and folding again until you have folded each side of the dough and the dough is a rectangular shape.
5
Place back in the rectangular container and leave to rise for about an hour until doubled in size.
6
Divide the dough into 4 equal portions cutting the dough length ways. Roll each dough portion to about 25-30 cm in length and pointed at the ends.
7
Place the dough on a baking tray lined with a floured tea-towel and create a fold in the tea-towel between each dough stick, this will help the dough rise in the right shape. Cover in oiled cling film and leave to puff up for about 30 minutes.
8
Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C/Gas mark 6 and place a baking tray filled withboiling water in the bottom of the oven – this creates steam in the oven and helps form the crust on the baguettes.
9
Place the baguettes on a baking tray lightly dusted in flour and slice diagonally across the top and sprinkle with flour. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until golden brown and crusty. The baguettes should sound hollow when tapped. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Tips
If you enjoyed this crusty french baguette, explore our other Bread Recipes with everything from a White Bread Rolls to mouthwatering Tiger Bread.
Tips
1:
If you enjoyed this crusty french baguette, explore our other<a href="https://www.oetker.co.uk/recipes/c/bread"> Bread Recipes</a> with everything from a <a href="https://www.oetker.co.uk/recipes/r/white-bread-rolls">White Bread Rolls</a> to mouthwatering <a href="https://www.oetker.co.uk/recipes/r/tiger-bread">Tiger Bread</a>.
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