🇫🇷 France cuisine · #20

Baguette

Baguette
Time300 min
Serves4
Ingredients4

France's long loaf with a crackling golden crust and open, airy crumb — inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Mix flour and water and rest 30 minutes, then add yeast and salt and knead.
  2. Rise 3 hours, folding every hour.
  3. Divide in 4, shape long loaves and prove an hour.
  4. Score the tops.
  5. Bake at 250°C with a tray of water for steam, 20–25 minutes.