One of the breads randomly chosen for the Mellow Bakers group this month is French Bread. This particular French Bread is made using the straight dough method, meaning it doesn’t utilize a preferment. I happen to prefer poolish baguettes so I almost didn’t make this one. However, some of the other bakers seemed to have good results with this bread so I thought I should give it a try.
I was going to give it my best shot even though I wasn’t sure if I would like it. Everything seemed to be going okay until I disregarded one of the most fundamental rules of baking bread: FOCUS. I was so distracted that I should not have been baking bread, but alas, I did it anyway and here is the result. I’m not sure if you can tell by the photo below, but the bread is a little bit crispy burnt on the bottom.
Enjoyed your post, Cathy! I am frequently a distracted baker, so I totally understand! The bruschetta looks great, though, and I’m sure the bread crumbs will be awesome in the bialys!
Wow, do you know what I really admire Cathy? The way you managed to shape those baguettes and take photos, that certainly required focus and concentration!
I’d love to sample your bruschetta, what did you put on the top? They look delicious !
Thanks Joanna! I used store bought bruschetta this time. But I’ll be doing a post soon on making (canning) bruschetta. Stay tuned…