October 23, 2008 - 7:33pm
Pain de Campagne
Today I baked my first loaf that came from a real recipe; Reinhart's pain de campagne. I had attempted a version of pain a l'ancienne before I had the book in my hands, but found it hard to shape. After reading the real recipe, I found that this is how the dough is intended to be --- pulled instead of shaped in a traditional way.
The loafs made with the pain de campagne recipe were very easy to shape. I was able to tighten the skin quite readily and when I scored it, the bread peeled away from the cut nicely. The cuts are almost too deep.
So here are a few questions I have:
- How big should a boule be? This one is 10oz and I found it rather small. I made 2oz buns along with this that also seemed small.
- Also, how deep should the cuts be? These seem disproportionately large for such a small loaf.
Cheers, Andrew.
Comments
Andrew,
That looks yummy! I read that boules can be 1 to 1.5 pounds in Peter Reinhart's writings. I think the french may have different rules. It seems baguettes were 12 to 16 ounces and batards 1 to 2 pounds. I would have to say I read all these numbers in different places.
The scores look great, I think you got a great spring.
Eli