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Almost No Knead Baguettes

Eric Rusch · breadtopia.com · 3 Baguettes

Against 138 French bread recipes

Less salt than 95% of recipes and less yeast than 79%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 138 French bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less salt than 95% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
  • Less yeast than 79% of recipes: 0.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%, under a third as much.
Water: 62%, 29th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 3rd percentileYeast: 0.2%, 13th percentileSugar: 0%, 36th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • Poolish (night before)n/a
  • 1 g (1/4 tsp) instant yeast1 g
  • 125 g (1/2 cup) warm water125 g
  • 125 g (1 cup) unbleached all purpose or French T55 flour125 g
  • Next Morningn/a
  • 300 g (2 1/3 cup) unbleached all purpose or French T55 flour300 g
  • 5 g (1tsp) salt5 g
  • 140 g (1/2 cup plus 1 Tbs.) warm water140 g

flour 425 gbatter 696 g

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 138 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Water62% · 29th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 3rd percentile
  • Yeast0.2% · 13th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 36th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 450°F
Time
not stated
median 22 minutes

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