Getting started with bread: easy bread recipes

The French brand De Buyer has launched some sets that are ideal for both giving as a gift and surprising someone, as well as stocking up on some basic items. For example, there is the Brunch Time set - perfect for treating yourself - or the Steak Lovers set , for lovers of natural cooking, which includes some of the usual basic items.

Along the same lines, they have launched the HomeMadeBread set , which includes a basic and essential set, perfect for getting started in the world of bread and discovering if dough is your thing, at a very reasonable price.

The set includes two moulds , one perforated for loaves of bread and another rectangular one, in which to make loaf bread, rectangular bread... or which you can also use for sponge cakes and plum cakes . In addition, the set includes a blade to score the bread before putting it in the oven and a scraper .

The packs contain two recipes in French, and these are the ones we bring you today. They are not just any recipes: they are perfect recipes to get started in the world of bread , basic and uncomplicated, which have been created by Benoît Castel, a pastry and bakery artisan, for whom responsibility and durability are fundamental values, a passionate person who does not cheat with products or flavour: he has given his heart to the world of pastry and has been constantly reinventing tradition with seasonal creations based on the best raw materials of each season.

So, the two recipes that Benoît brings us, from De Buyer , are simple recipes but with which you will get very good results. We hope you enjoy them!

Bread recipes

De Buyer HomeMadeBread Set

Baguettes Tradition

INGREDIENTS

• 160 g of strong flour (T65)
• 125 g of water
• 3 g of baker's yeast
• 3 g of salt

PREPARATION

1. Place all ingredients in the KitchenAid mixer on speed 3 with the dough hook attachment for 10 minutes. Make sure to scrape the sides of the dough with a spatula as you knead to ensure thorough mixing and to allow the water to be absorbed. Then knead for 2 to 3 minutes at a higher speed to smooth out the dough. If you're doing it by hand, the idea is the same - knead until you get a smooth surface.
2. Let it rest for 30 to 40 minutes in a greased bowl covered with film (the dough should double in volume).
3. After this time and the volume having doubled, degas the dough by pressing with your knuckles.
4. Divide the dough in half (approximately 2 pieces of 150 gr).
5. Shape the dough into two baguettes and place them on the De Buyer perforated baguette tray.
6. Let it rest for 45 minutes to 1 hour for its second rise.
7. Preheat oven to 240°C.
8. Score the baguettes, two or three cuts, using the knife included in the set.
9. Place the baguettes in the oven for 10 minutes at 240°C.
10. Then continue cooking for a further 10 minutes at 220°C.

NOTE: It is a good idea to put a glass, ramekin or mini cocotte (suitable for the oven) with water in the oven while the oven is heating up, and to open the oven for as little time as possible to put the bread in when you need to do so, so that the moisture does not escape. The moisture that is generated by evaporating with the heat of the oven helps the dough to develop well inside the oven and you will get a better baked bread inside and out.

Buckwheat bread (gluten free)

INGREDIENTS

• 570 g organic buckwheat flour
• 750 g of water at 35 °C
• 10 g of salt
• 15 g baker's yeast (dry yeast)

PREPARATION

1. Mix all the ingredients using a KitchenAid mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a bowl by hand until well combined.
2. Pour into the rectangular mould from the De Buyer HomeMadeBread set , previously greased with butter.
3. Let it rest for 1 hour, covered with film in a draught-free place.
4. Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes, then remove from the mould and return the bread directly to the oven for 25 minutes (you can do this on a baking tray - the perforated one from De Buyer is great for this - or on the oven rack itself) to finish baking completely.