Make your own Bread
Stand:
The « Bread party »
Generally, the bread party starts at the beginning of a summer afternoon, and
ends late in the evening !
The first operation is to light the fire in the oven…, and to maintain it
during four hours, to reach a temperature in the vicinity of 270 °C. To know if
you have reached this point, look at the ceiling of the oven : in the first
hours the colour is black, but when the soot starts its combustion due to the
temperature in the oven, then the vault becomes « luminous » and when it is «
clean » ready for use.
While heating the oven, you must start the preparation of the dough ; the two
actions have to be well coordinated in order to end almost at the same time.
With an oven of this size, one can bake around 7 to 8 loafs of 2 kg each,
therefore “hands and arms” are necessary to knead ! Necessary products and
quantities of flour, water, etc are detailed in the receipt, at the end of this
note. |
Fig. 3 The knead |
Too much water is not good ! (see photo here by).
You have to knead at least 15 to 20 minutes to obtain a dough consistent
enough … Not sticking to your hands
The dough, and also the kneaders, have to « take a rest » more than one hour.
Then put the dough in webs during one hour more, to give the appropriate shape. |
Fig. 4 Removing the embers. |
Remove out the embers from the oven. You may use it for preparation of
“Pizzas”, for instance … but they are too hot for making bread.
Embers are put into the « ash tray » and can also be used to roast sausages…
to be eaten with the bread !
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