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Bien Cuit Baguettes

Food Network · foodnetwork.com · 2017 · 6 loaves

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How it compares

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

  • Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.8%.
  • Water in the middle half of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 67%.
Water: 70%, 64th percentileSalt: 2%, 57th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 76th percentileSugar: 0%, 36th percentileFat: 0%, 39th percentileWaterSaltYeastSugarFat
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 500 grams flour500 g
  • 500 grams water500 g
  • 1 gram yeast1 g
  • 1000 grams bread flour1000 g
  • 10 grams malt10 g
  • 1000 grams poolish1000 g
  • 550 grams water550 g
  • 20 grams yeast20 g
  • 30 grams salt30 g

flour 1500 gbatter 3611 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.

  • Water70% · 64th percentile
  • Salt2% · 57th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 76th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 36th percentile
  • Fat0% · 39th percentile

Oven

Temperature
460°F / 240°C
median 450°F
Time
120 minutes
median 22 minutes

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