This French peasant bread recipe is “so easy it makes me want to make bread” – that’s what a friend told me about this recipe and that’s the biggest takeaway! A super simple and delicious way to make bread.
They say the key to making bread is patience…well, with this recipe, you won’t need as much patience as you are used to. With this French peasant bread, no kneading required!
Did you know that the reason you put sugar with yeast is that it activates it and helps it grows faster? This recipe, in particular, is no-fuss and rising time is less than normal due to the amount of sugar in it. More sugar = faster growing.
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When you’re adding flour to the recipe, you can add up to one more cup, based on the texture of the dough. You don’t want the dough to feel too dry, but also not too wet. I know that’s sometimes hard to tell, so use the pictures to help guide you as well!
You’ll know the dough is done when it comes together like a ball and doesn’t stick to the bottom of the bowl. Once the dough is mixed, put plastic wrap (or a kitchen towel) over and let it sit for another hour.
Once the dough is completely risen and ready to go, it’s time to form the loaves! Start by putting olive oil on your hands so nothing sticks and divide the dough in two.
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To shape the loaves, you can pull and stretch the dough and fold it underneath itself. It forms a small ball and will be smooth on top.
Before the bread goes in the oven, you will score the top. This allows the bread to bake and expand. If you’re feeling up to it, you can get creative and make fun designs on the top while scoring the bread.
Once the bread is baked, it’s time to enjoy! I especially love to use this bread to dip into soups like this one! Or slice it up and make some french toast.
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The nutrition information presented on this site should be considered an estimate as the calculations will change based on the exact products you use in your own kitchen.
Calories: 83 kcal | Carbohydrates: 17 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 1 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g | Sodium: 196 mg | Potassium: 34 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 1 g | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 4 mg | Iron: 1 mg
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When you see a French person or we tell you “France”, what comes first to your mind? Bread, of course, la baguette! In France, there are 33, 000 bakeries in total! La baguette (French bread) is a candidate to apply for the UNESCO of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. We have an expression “avoir du pain sur la planche” which means to have a lot to do.
The bread was first invented in Egypt, 3000 BC. We believe that bread was created by accident by mixing grains with salted water from the Nile which is rich in fermentation agents. This paste was then cooked and the bread was created.
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Then, it is the Greeks who developed the job of baker. They will share their knowledge with the Romans, 168 BC. They developed different techniques to cook their bread, from a clay oven to a more modern oven in stone or brick.
During the Middle-Ages, the bread takes a more important place in our society. It is thanks to Philippe Le Bel in 1305 that the bakeries are regulated and the quality, price will be monitored. It became forbidden to sell stale and burnt bread, and also bread eaten by rats. Rich people can eat wheat bread while poor people only eat black bread which could cause a disease due to rye ergot.
In 1793, the tax on windmills and ovens was abolished in France. In 1838, August Zang from Austria started producing bread in Paris with success. The first boulangerie is created in 1836 in Paris and later the appearance of the baguette. The consumption of fresh bread started while the population were used to eating stale bread.
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In a bowl, add the flour, yeast and salt. You will then incorporate the water little by little by mixing with your hand until you get your dough (“une pâte” in French). Knead (“pétrir” in French) the dough for 10 minutes and then leave it to stand for another 10 minutes.
Add the seeds in the dough and try to distribute it uniformly. Your dough is now ready to grow, put it in a bowl with a tea towel on top (this is to avoid any draught that could avoid your dough rising) and leave it at ambient temperature for two hours.
After two hours, take your dough and separate it into three identical size balls. Form nice round balls, wet them slightly and add some seeds around. Leave them to rise for another 45 minutes, with a cloth on top that you will slightly flour.
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Turn your oven on at 240C, take your baking tray out, add some oil and put the three doughs spaced. Leave it to cook for 25 minutes. Miam, miam!Rumor has it that Napoleon Bonaparte, after coming to power, realized the recent revolution was largely due to a lack of bread. Apparently, speculation in the commodity markets, including grain and wheat, led to a quick rise in the price of flour: bread was so expensive that only the rich could afford to eat. Stomachs across France rumbled, louder and louder, until a huge roaring could be heard across the land. The people were hungry, thus the uprising. To avoid future calamities, Napoleon decreed that all bread would meet new government standards, called “Bread of Equality, ” and no one would starve.
Many foods, including French Bread, bear a name that provides a clue to the origins of the food, but in the history of cooking there are really very few certainties. So many dishes have been passed around the world and shared across multiple cultures, and there is little or no accurate record of origins.French bread is linked to the French by the story above, but bread itself has a much wider, richer pedigree.The only problem is no one knows it; bread history is a mystery. All we really know for sure now is it tastes great!
We do know that bread played a significant role in the development of human civilization. According to Wikipedia, it was a central component into the formation of early civilizations and came hand in hand with the cultivation of wheat, and with agriculture itself. People no longer had to run around searching for food, digging up roots and finding fruit. They could plant seeds and add water. A few centuries later, head to a fast food drive-thru, and we can harvest the hamburger bun, a bread staple of most inner city humans.
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If we believe the rumor about Napoleon, then the old saying is true:“Any country is just 3 meals from a revolution.”And that’s exactly why I’m revealing this hand-me-down family recipe for French Bread. There will be no UPRISINGS in my kitchen…
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