April 30th, 2009

Pane Francese

Pane francese is italian and means french bread. It is the Italian version of baguette. Having the look of a ciabatta, the crumb is similar to a baguette.

It is a very tasty bread with a rustic look, that contains a small amount of whole wheat flour and such a minimal amount of yeast, that I really doubted that the dough would rise.  But never underestimate these small creatures. The long fermentation period give them enough time to proliferate and the bread had a nice oven spring.

Pane Francese

Yield 8 loaves of  250g

Poolish:

  • 250g Water
  • 250g  flour (Typ 550)
  • 1g  yeast

Dough:

  • 800g  flour (Typ 550)
  • 200g  whole wheat flour
  • 750g  water
  • 25 g salt
  • 1g  yeat

Mix water, flour and yeast for the poolish and ferment it overnight (10 to 12 hours).

The next mornig: Knead flour, 700g water and poolish  untill it is homogeneus (aroung 1 min). Let rest for 1/2 hour (Autolysis). In the meantime disolve the yeast in the remaing water.

After Autolysis: Knead the dough for 5 min, now add the salt and the yeast-water in small portions. Wait untill one portions is complete incorporated before adding the next one.

The dough is a little bit sticky now, but that is ok.

Now place the dough in a good oiled container and ferment for 3 hours. Give the dough three folds during this time.

Folding: Flour your countertop and  put the dough on it. Flat the dough carefully to a square. Now fold the right and the left side to the middle, then from button and top, too. You can find a nice tutorial here.

After proofing flat the dough carefully to a square (around 3 cm thick), cover the surface with flour and cut it in 8 Strips. Strech each stripe to a length of 35 cm.

Proof  them for 45 min.

In the meantime heat baking stone in the oven to 250°C.

Bake the loaves on the hot stone for 25 min with steam, until the crust is golden brown.

 

Wer viele beeindruckende Brote sehen möchte, sollte Susans wöchentliches Yeastspotting besuchen.

5 Responses t_on Pane Francese

    1. Stefanie January 6th, 2018

      @Claudia: Der fällt für mich auch unter Mehl, kommt also mit dem hellen Weizenmehl zusammen in den Teig. Ich gebe aber zu, dass das verwirren kann und überlege mir eine neue Formulierung! 🙂

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  2. Ulrike May 1st, 2009

    Ja, ist schon erstaunlich wie sich die kleinen Hefen so vermehren, um ein Brot locker werden zu lassen

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