
Here's the presentation of what we will have to handle all along the process : the dough !
Explore how flour type and protein content shape gluten formation, elasticity, and dough rise, with practical tests to distinguish elastic versus extensible flours for bread.
Explains how yeast ferments sugars to release alcohol and carbon dioxide, lifting dough via gluten networks and creating elastic bread; covers fresh and dry yeast and activation methods.
Discover how sourdough develops from flour and water through fermentation, driven by bacteria and wine yeast, which weaken the gluten in the dough, release sugars, and enrich minerals.
Compare sourdough and yeast as they build the gluten network for dough elasticity and fermentation timing, and learn why bakers choose each method for flavor and acidity.
Explore yeast and sourdough effects on bread by comparing salt-only, yeast-only, and both, revealing differences in rise, crumb structure, crust thickness, and flavor.
Explore how flour type and hydration influence baguette outcomes, comparing elastic versus extensible flours at 68% and 80% hydration, noting gluten behavior, scoring, crust, and crown effects.
Create a sourdough starter by mixing rye flour, lukewarm water, and honey, then feed and monitor daily through day four, watching for bubbles and float tests as signs of readiness.
Learn the bread-making process from autolyse to bake, including mixing, kneading, bulk fermentation, folding, shaping, proofing, scoring, and baking with timing tips for baguettes and loaves.
In this course you will learn :
- How ingredients can impact your dough.
The major role of the flour
The action of yeast and sourdough
The water role
You will also see this theoretical learning with the practical tests (loaves and french baguettse).
I will share with you tool that will easier the task to schedule your bread preparationa nd practical tips that will improve your bread baking results.
You will get to know the theoretical knowledge so that you understand the general ideas. Bread making is living. We can't write a process on the stone. Elements are changing, between seasons and time.
Making bread ask the baker to invest time and effort to get the optimal result.
Knowing that you have a busy life on the other side of this passion, I will share a process that stick to a non baker life.
I hope that you will enhance your skills and get to the way you wanted to be when you began to bake.
There are plainty way to learn to bake as there are plainty recipes you can make. Bread is fascinating as it travel all around the world and every culture makes bread in is own way.