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Baguette Making Video with 80% hydration dough

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pipo1000

Baguette Making Video with 80% hydration dough

Hello,

I was looking for a good baguette recipe after I had tried a few from books and I found two of them on the freshloaf which were very promising. One of them was Akiko's big baguette project and I gave it a try. It took some practice with the 80% hydration dough but after a few takes I got the hang of it. I have made a few little changes to the first recipe of Akiko I tried, but she too has made and tried out a lot of things after my first try.

I have made a small video which could help all of you when you try out this recipe for the first time. I use a Rofco hearth oven which has 3 small stone floors on which you can bake 6 full size breads at a time. I started with 4 baguettes at a time to get the hang of it. Trying to shape this wet dough is not very easy when you begin with this recipe and I have tried to make up my own version of how to shape a baguette as the 'normal' procedures I had found did not work very well on wet dough.

 

Here is the link to the video at our baking website; http://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/baguette-movie/

 

I have shot the video on 720p HD resolution and at around 04:55 the baguettes go into the oven and you see a timelapse of the baguettes doing their oven spring and getting some color.

You can also find the recipe and my adventures at baguette baking at the same link. I have been to France (excluding Paris) for holiday a lot and I have never eaten a baguette this tasteful with a nice natural sweetness and moist crumb, so give this recipe a try!

Hopefully you like watching the video as much as I did making it and I want to give a special thanks to Akiko for her great recipe and help,

Edwin

http://www.weekendbakery.com/

 

Some pictures of the final result;

 

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bnom

Really nicely done video and it's nice to see the development of the dough. Very reassuring to anyone who's ever dealt with a slurry of wet dough.   

 

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breadsong

Hello,

I'm not being sarcastic when I say that! I really do love to watch things rise and the time-lapse video is neat. Thanks for the video demonstration of your technique, and for the link to the website. I just tackled my first 81% hydration ciabatta dough and would like to try making baguettes too...so thanks for the info.

Regards, breadsong

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Mebake

So, Pipo1000, its you who made us gaze at your ovlen bloom video, which impressed me to say the least!

Lovely video, again, thank you for sharing this with us. Lovely oven, too!!

khalid