Name: Genmai Baguette with Roasted Rice
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Ingredients: For the 'genmai' :; 50g white or brown short grain rice; 2 tbsp water; For the baguette :; 200ml water; 250g bread flour (T65); 5g fine salt; 2g malt powder (optional); 2g dry yeast (i use saf)

February 6, 2021

Genmai Baguette with Roasted Rice

Serving Size

2 medium size baguettes

Prep Time

1 hour

Cook Time

15 minutes

Wait Time

1 hour, 30 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 15 minutes

Ingredients

For the 'genmai' :

50g white or brown short grain rice
2 tbsp water

For the baguette :

200ml water
250g bread flour (T65)
5g fine salt
2g malt powder (optional)
2g dry yeast (i use saf)

Instructions

1. Making Genmai Wash the rice and drain it. In a frying-pan (no oil), add the rice and cook for 1~2 minutes over medium heat. Then add water (2tbsp). Keep cooking until nicely browned. Once it turns brown, then reduce the heat to low. Set aside.
2. In a cooking bowl, add flour, salt, malt powder (optional), yeast and the genmai you just made in #1. Mix well. Add water and mix with a spatula until it comes together. Cover with saran wrap and leave 15 minutes.
3. After 15 min, mix about 1 min with a spatula. Cover and let sit for 15 minutes.
4. After 15 min, mix a few times (about 20 sec). Finally cover and let rise in a warm place for a few hours or until it doubles in size.
5. Dust the work surface with a bit of flour, then put the dough on it. Split it in 2 halves. Cover and let them rest 10~15 min.
6. With the first half, using your hand, stretch the dough into a small (approximately) rectangular shape. Fold both sides length-wise over the centreline. Then fold again in the same way making sure you close the seam well (along the centreline). With the seam side down, roll the dough into a 30~35 cm long slender loaf. You can hold it vertically to help stretch it and take shape too.
7. Transfer the baguette to a floured cloth, seam side down to rest. When bough baguette doughs are done, lift up the cloth between the 2 baguettes into a pleat. It will help the dough hold its shape. Let it rise for about 40min (or more) in a warm place or until it about doubles in size (the volume increase actually depends on the temperature).
8. Pre-heat the oven to 240℃ degree.
9. Once the baguettes have risen, gently transfer them onto a parchment-lined baking sheet (seam side down). Slash cut each baguette 3 or 4 times (at a 45 degree angle) along its length, using a baker's lame, razor blade or a very sharp knife.
10. Mist lightly with water and put the baguette into the oven. Bake for about 15 minutes.
11. Remove from the oven and let it cool down on a wire rack.

April 19, 2020

Crusty mini hard bread (petit pain)

Serving Size

8 mini bread

Prep Time

1 hour, 30 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 45 minutes

Ingredients

200g bread flour (T65)
130ml water
10g unsalted butter
10g white sugar
3g whole milk powder
3g salt
1/4 tsp malt powder (optional)
3g dry yeast

Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients in the pan of your bread machine. Add yeast in your machine's yeast compartment. Select dough cycle and press start as per manufacturer's instructions.
2. When the dough cycle is complete, remove it from the machine and place it on a floured surface.
3. Punch the dough down and divide it in 8 (or 6) pieces. Cover it with a damp cloth. Let it rest for 10 to 15min.
4. Re-shape each piece into a round ball. Arrange them on a lined baking tray. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise for 40~60min in a warm place or until the dough has doubled in volume.
5. Bake in a preheated 230℃ oven for 10 min, then 5 min at 180℃. Remove from the oven and let it cool down on a wire rack.

January 9, 2020

Bacon Epi Bread with home bakery

Serving Size

4 epi bread

Prep Time

2 hours

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

2 hours, 15 minutes

Ingredients

250g bread flour (T65)
5g salt
3g sugar
170g water
2g dry yeast (SAF)
4 tsp mayonnaise
200g bacon

Instructions

1. Measure carefully, placing all ingredients (flour, salt, sugar and water) in your home bakery machine. The dry yeast probably needs to be placed in a dedicated compartement. Select Dough/Manual cycle and press start.
2. When the dough cycle is complete, remove and place it on a floured surface. Punch the dough down and divide it into 4 equal pieces. Cover it with a dry cloth. Take bench time for 15 to 20min.
3. On the floured surface, roll out a piece to a 18~20cm long oval shape with a rolling pin. Then spread the bacon (50g each) on the dough.
4. Fold the dough onto itself length-wise : the right-most side onto itself and the left-most side onto itself. Both meeting along the centerline. Roll over the dough to flatten it lightly.
5. Fold the dough length-wise once more closing it onto itself form both sides again. Only this time, we are shaping it into a log (instead of aiming for flat). Pinch it with your fingers a little along the centerline to 'stitch' it together. Make all 4 logs in this way.
6. Place the dough logs side by side but not too close on a lightly floured cloth, seam side down to rest. Lift up the cloth between baguettes into a pleat to help the dough hold its shape. Let it rise for about 40min in a warm place or until it about doubles in size (the volume increase actually depends on the temperature).
7. Pre-heat the oven to 230℃.
8. Once the logs have risen, gently transfer them onto a parchment-lined baking sheet (seam side down).
9. Flour the dough logs lightly and start cutting them : Using a pair of clean kitchen scissors, make deep cuts in the dough at a 45 degree angle. At each cut, slide-push the dough alternatively to the left and then to the right.
10 Bake for 15~20min until the crust is browned.

May 13, 2018

Cereal Baguette

Serving Size

2 medium size baguettes

Ingredients

250g bred flour (T65)
5g salt
2g malt powder - optional
20g cereal - of your own choice (sesame is also good)
2g saf instant yeast
188g water

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, add all the ingredient (except water) and mix evenly. Pour water and mix with a spatula to make a soft dough. Cover and let rest for 15 minute. Remove the cover and knead a few times (with a spatula) the dough. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes again. Remove the cover and knead the dough (with a spatula) for a few times. The dough will be elastic, soft and smooth, even a bit airy. Keep it like that. Finally cover and let rise in a warm place for a few hours or until it doubles in size.
2. Coat the work surface with a bit of flour, then put the dough on it. Split the dough in half. Cover and let them rest about 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Then fold the both ends over the center. With the seam side down, roll the dough into a 30~35 cm long slender loaf. You can hold it vertically to help stretch it into shape too.
4. Transfer the baguette to a lightly floured cloth, seam side down to rest. Lift up the cloth between the 2 baguettes into a pleat to help the dough hold its shape. Let it rise for about 40min in a warm place or until it about doubles in size (the volume increase actually depends on the temperature).
5. Pre-heat the oven to 250℃ degree.
6. Once the baguettes have risen, gently transfer them onto a parchment-lined baking sheet (seam side down). Slash cut each baguette 3 or 4 times along its length on the diagonal, using a baker's lame, razor blade or a very sharp knife. Dust lightly each baguette with flour.
7. Mist lightly with water and put the baguette into the oven. Reduce to 230℃ and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the baguettes are golden-brown. Let it cool on a wire rack.