How to Make French Toast

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How to make stale bread? To transform hard crusty bread into fresh bread, with a soft crumb and a crispy crust, the first thing to do is to pass it under water for a few seconds. Warning: the goal is to slightly moisten the bread, not to make soup!

What is the weight of a traditional baguette?

What is the weight of a traditional baguette?
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In 1981, when the price of bread was regulated by the public authorities via a price moderation commitment, a recommendation was made to unify these designations, namely that a baguette corresponds to 250 g of bread and a flute to 200 g of bread.

What is the weight of a tradition? As a general rule, we oscillate between 200 and 250 g for a traditional baguette. If this weight is less than 4 g of the advertised weight, a fraudulent violation of the quantity of goods shipped is sanctioned by article L213-1 of the Consumer Code.

What is a traditional baguette? Baguette Tradition: To give a name of « tradition » to the bread, it must be made on the spot and clearly without freezing! The flour is also different. It should not contain any additives, because this bread is absolutely prohibited.

How much does the bread weigh? In the absence of a regulatory text, fair use varies in particular from one region to another. In the Paris region, the name of baguette is given to 250 g of bread and the flute to 200 g of bread. In Seine-Maritime, the appellation baguette is attached to 200g bread and flute to 250g bread.

Who is the organizer of the French Toast Festival?

Who is the organizer of the French Toast Festival?
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David Fevre, baker at Fenioux and vice-president of Cereal Dynamics, is the organizer of this event rooted in French tradition and bakery know-how.

When does the French Toast Festival take place? In the village of Pain Pérou, there is a communal oven which is only used on rare occasions, since its restoration by the Keystone insertion project. It will be the centerpiece of the next Bread Festival, Sunday September 15th.

Is French toast French? The name of this recipe is « payn perd », a French word meaning « lost bread », indicating that this recipe was supposed to use stale bread. After all, the popularity of French toast is now far greater in England than in France (find it in cafes in France!).

Who hosts the French Toast Festival? That said, it’s done: from May 13 to 19, 2019, the Confédération Nationale de la Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Française (CNBPF) is hosting the Fête du Pain, which will take place in several towns and villages in France.

How to store dry bread?

How to store dry bread?
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It must remain at room temperature to be stored properly. How do you store your bread? Plastic bags increase the risk of mold. Better than paper bags, canvas bags (clean, dry fabric cover) allow better conservation and preserve the crunchy sides of the bread.

Why does bread get hard? Why does bread get hard? Over time, the water contained in the breadcrumbs evaporates, it is this phenomenon that makes the bread hard as wood. This action begins to occur only 6 hours after removal from the oven and cooling.

How to keep homemade bread fresh? A canvas bag or, at its limit, a paper bag can do the trick. Then put the wrapped bread in the bread box if possible. For optimal storage, place apple or potato wedges in the bread box to maintain the correct level of humidity.

Who invented pain au chocolat?

Who invented pain au chocolat?
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According to chocolate maker Nicolas Berger, pain au chocolat used to consist of a small loaf or piece of baguette filled with a piece of dark chocolate that was given to school children for a snack. Then made with crescent puff pastry.

How do you say pain au chocolat in Austrian? English-speaking countries also use « chocolate croissants » although they are not in the form of croissants. The French changed the name to chocolatine. In Austria, pain au chocolat means cake.

Why don’t we say chocolate? According to another theory, pains au chocolat arrived in France in the 19th century thanks to the Austrian baker Auguste Zang, who imported these pastries to Paris under the term « Schokoladencroissant », abbreviated to « schokoladen » by the French and then changed to « chocolatine ». « . with the default pronunciation…

How to use a hard stick?

How to use a hard stick?
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To bring back all the crunch

  • Hold your stale baguette for a few moments under the tap. …
  • Place the moist baguette in a preheated oven between 150 and 175°C. …
  • Take the bread out of the oven and don’t wait too long to enjoy it.

How to refresh a baguette from the day before? â’ Pass the baguette under cold water, without hesitation to moisten it well. â’ Put the bread in the oven and wait 5 minutes. “Take out the baguette and let it cool for a while. You have saved your bread, and can enjoy it fresh (and hot) in the morning.

How to prevent bread from hardening? To keep bread fresh longer, choose a well-known bread box or an airtight box. But that’s not all, add an apple cut in half to prevent the bread from drying out. It also works with celery sticks, potatoes, or a sugar cube!

How to make hard bread soft? Softening hard bread: in the oven To moisten the bread, simply pass it under cold water for a few seconds. Don’t put too much pressure on the bread as it can become very soft and inedible. Then simply put the bread in the oven, preheated to 200°C, for 3 to 5 minutes.

How to store buns?

Organize a successful evening and store the bread In this case, wrap it in cling film once cooled. The humidity contained in the bread will not be able to evaporate and the softness will be preserved. You can also freeze your bread for 3 to 4 days maximum.

How to store hamburger buns? How to take care of them? If you plan to eat all of your bread before the « best before » date, you can store it at room temperature, if it’s not too hot and humid. It is possible to refrigerate it, but the chewy texture will be lost. Otherwise, freeze them!

How to freeze bread? For freezing, you can freeze them piece by piece, or by batch. Re-personally, I froze them with 10 correctly put in the field (on the side) in a large freezer bag (because each Bun is 180Gr min.)

Where to throw his hard bread?

Just keep it in a plastic bag all week, and the weekend will be awesome! It’s the easiest to do. Wait until your bread is dry and mix it in a blender. To store them, a glass jar will do, and you’ll never buy breadcrumbs at the store again.

How to eat hard bread? The easiest way to keep your stale bread young is to run it under cold water for a few seconds (not under running water either) to moisten it. Then placed in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 5 minutes. It will be crispy and delicious!

How to make hard bread that is not too hard? To do this, we will leave it for 5 to 7 minutes in a preheated oven at 200°C. And there, miracle: the humidity contained in the bread associated with the heat of the oven will produce steam; which will cause the crumbs to puff up again and make them soft and chewy, and make the crust crispy again!

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Bonjour! Je m'appelle Valérie et je suis une cuisinière professionnelle passionnée par la création de plats délicieux et innovants. Avec 10 ans d'expérience en tant que cheffe cuisinière, je suis constamment à la recherche de nouvelles inspirations pour surprendre les papilles de mes clients. Bienvenue dans mon univers gastronomique!