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Authentic French bread; poolish? Butter?

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BKSinAZ

Authentic French bread; poolish? Butter?

The title says it all.  If I were in France, how would standard French bread be made?

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tpassin

What variety are you thinking about? Some breads are controlled by law and restricted to only flour, water, yeast, and salt. You may think that a baguette is "standard", but that's more the case around Paris than everywhere, as I understand it.