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Food & Cooking: Basket of Batards
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Basket of Batards

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Artisan Bread Making »

Instructions

Timing is everything in baking 15 batards. Warmed poolish in room temp water to hasten first rise. Shape loaves and bake batches about 30 minutes apart.
Category: Food & Cooking

Type of item: Food

For: Home

Style: Classic

Materials

Poolish method

What was your inspiration?

Son's BBQ baby shower of 40 people

What are you most proud of?

Being able to control the timing of 5 batches. In order to fit Poolish in refrigerator, I needed to put half of the batches in plastic bags overnight. Very easy to get out of bags. I did spray plastic bag with oil

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Warm some of the poolish in room temp water to hasten starting the process. 5 batches is a challenge to get done and still have a life.

 

4 comments

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PamelaTakeshige on craftsy.com
PamelaTakeshige
Nov 09, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I haven't gotten to Poolish yet Actually I want to keep some of the dough back because there's just two of us and we can't eat that much bread So maybe I can use this dough that I keep back to make the next batch
Mslee on craftsy.com
Mslee
Nov 10, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I froze a small loaf of sandwich bread recently; thawed it in refrigerator. Came out very well. I think I like the "old dough" loaf better than the Poolish. We too are only two .
PamelaTakeshige on craftsy.com
PamelaTakeshige
Nov 09, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I have a question about timing and your oven temperature. How long did you cook each batch for and at what temperature? You were able to get a very nice color on your Batards!! I cooked mine at 240C, all my oven could do, for 32 minutes plus an additional two minutes. But mine were still very light in color.
Mslee on craftsy.com
Mslee
Nov 09, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Between batches I let oven reheat back to 500F. Turn down to 450F when put in oven. Bake 10 min, turn and bake another 10 min. I think Poolish makes lighter loaves. Do you?

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