March 24, 2009 - 5:18pm
Searching for Bannetons
I'm looking to buy a banneton. My local cooking store didn't carry them. Any recommendations for online sources or stores in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area?
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I'm looking to buy a banneton. My local cooking store didn't carry them. Any recommendations for online sources or stores in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area?
Several of us have have purchased them from here but I know there are other sites recommended by participants of this blog too.
--Pamela
Kitchen Window in the Uptown area has some.
Steve
Has reasonably priced bannetons. www.sfbi.com
Seems to have a variety of them from different external sources, both willow and plastic banneton.
Me? I think I'm going to go to Hobby Lobby or Michaels and buy a cheap wicker basket, put a floured piece of linen in it and call it good to go for perhaps 1/4th of the price if I decide I want a proofing basket.
I like the fact that Fantes gives you the country of origin and that information is accurate. The German brotform I purchased from Fantes was high quality cane and well constructed.
I'm just glad I don't live anywhere near Fantes. Much too tempting.
However, I did a quick Google and found there is a place in Minneapolis that makes/sells them.
Check out: Brotform, which claims to have stores in Minneapolis.
Hope you find something you like there.
I've got 3 of the slovakian ones from Fantes and they are great. I think there is a Sur La Table in Edina, and have heard they carry them, but they are expensive.
These are fairly reasonable - not much of variety though.
http://www.breadtopia.com/store/bread-proofing-baskets.html
I used to work there part time in the early 1980s--actually I spent a lot more money than I made.
--Pamela
Another vote here for SFBI!!. I just ordere 2 of their 1.5 lb ones and I paid $35 which is a far sight cheaper than Sur La Table at $29 each.
The prices that I saw on the SFBI for the cloth-lined bannetons are quite simply amazing..
I am ashamed to admit that I purchased my 11 German-made brotform proofing baskets for full price years ago when I could afford to do so..I have got over $325.00 invested in them..I purchased them mail order from Bridge Kitchenware in NYC before I ever owned a computer..I just went on the BK website to check and see if they were still selling them, and Voila, the bannetons (BK calls the unlined German brotform a banneton) are ALL on sale, with only one size being sold out..Some of the sale prices are quite good, while others are OK..
http://www.bridgekitchenware.com/
Just type banneton (use this spelling) into the search function and the SALE page containg the 10 sizes should show on your screen..There are 3 sizes each of oval, rectangular, and round bannetons, along with a baguette sized one..
Other than Fantes, Bridge Kitchenware has the best selection of sizes on the German-made brotform baskets that I have seen..
Bruce