Comments on: A Tale of Three Baguettes http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/09/21/a-tale-of-three-baguettes/ Notes from my kitchen, in which I bake bread and raise a few other matters Fri, 24 May 2013 02:12:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: john http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/09/21/a-tale-of-three-baguettes/comment-page-1/#comment-12304 john Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:45:36 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=4674#comment-12304 I've been making baguettes daily for the past year and have settled into a couple of additions to KAF's basic recipe: substitute 2oz of whole wheat and add 3 Tblsp of diastolic malt powder. Keep the dough very wet and don't overmix (as per this original post). The flavor is to die for... although they're not 'official' French baguettes. French law dictates that baguettes contain water, flour, yeast and salt. Not a speck of cornmeal (for the peel or stone), not an ounce of anything else.... If you're entering a visual contest, dust 'em with flower, slash them crosswise and bake 'em hot. They will come out chestnut brown and stunningly beautiful. I’ve been making baguettes daily for the past year and have settled into a couple of additions to KAF’s basic recipe: substitute 2oz of whole wheat and add 3 Tblsp of diastolic malt powder. Keep the dough very wet and don’t overmix (as per this original post). The flavor is to die for… although they’re not ‘official’ French baguettes. French law dictates that baguettes contain water, flour, yeast and salt. Not a speck of cornmeal (for the peel or stone), not an ounce of anything else…. If you’re entering a visual contest, dust ‘em with flower, slash them crosswise and bake ‘em hot. They will come out chestnut brown and stunningly beautiful.

]]> By: Lien http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/09/21/a-tale-of-three-baguettes/comment-page-1/#comment-11749 Lien Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:57:20 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=4674#comment-11749 wow I think they all look great! Great tips and insight in the world of baguettes THanks! wow I think they all look great! Great tips and insight in the world of baguettes THanks!

]]> By: Noel Labat-Comess http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/09/21/a-tale-of-three-baguettes/comment-page-1/#comment-11743 Noel Labat-Comess Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:26:58 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=4674#comment-11743 I would have left nothing of the left. A beautiful baguette in every way. one you can taste just by looking at it. I would have left nothing of the left. A beautiful baguette in every way. one you can taste just by looking at it.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/09/21/a-tale-of-three-baguettes/comment-page-1/#comment-11654 Elizabeth Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=4674#comment-11654 This is so cool!! While I am one handed (stupid accident with a paring knife) my husband has been making bread. He was very enthusiastic about kneading though and he resulting bread was somewhat dull. We just tasted his most recent loaves using the knead less and fold more technique. Wow. What a difference. The bread is fabulous. Thank you, Susan!! This is so cool!! While I am one handed (stupid accident with a paring knife) my husband has been making bread. He was very enthusiastic about kneading though and he resulting bread was somewhat dull. We just tasted his most recent loaves using the knead less and fold more technique. Wow. What a difference. The bread is fabulous.

Thank you, Susan!!

]]> By: David Aplin http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2009/09/21/a-tale-of-three-baguettes/comment-page-1/#comment-11544 David Aplin Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:00:55 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=4674#comment-11544 Susan, A most excellent, timely post. I have had my travails with making baguettes. A $10,000.00 loading conveyor and a $50,000.00 steam injected deck oven always helps... but... a poor workman always blames his tools...ya don't go out to sea in a canoe. If my "successes" looked like your "failures" I'd have it made. From the ashes grow the roses of success. Best, David Susan, A most excellent, timely post. I have had my travails with making baguettes. A $10,000.00 loading conveyor and a $50,000.00 steam injected deck oven always helps… but… a poor workman always blames his tools…ya don’t go out to sea in a canoe. If my “successes” looked like your “failures” I’d have it made.
From the ashes grow the roses of success.
Best, David

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