How to make New Orleans French bread with natural yeast

As people's living conditions have improved, they have begun to pay attention to health preservation. However, many people have great misunderstandings about health preservation. Health preservation is not about taking health care medicine, or spending money on maintenance. Keeping in good health is a state of mind that requires you to start from the most basic aspects of life, such as diet. Well, now I will introduce the recipe of New Orleans French Bread with Natural Yeast.

1.1 Cover and ferment at room temperature (24°C) for 2 hours, exhaust, roll into a ball, and refrigerate overnight

2.2 Mix various flours, starter, water, sugar, milk powder, autolyse (soak) for 30 minutes, add salt and yeast, knead until the gluten begins to form, add softened butter, knead until a film is formed (between the expansion stage and the completion stage)

3. Remove from refrigerator, divide into 2 portions, exhaust, roll into balls, and let rest for 60 minutes. Roll each piece into a 35X15CM rectangle, pinch the seams, point the two ends, and lengthen it to 40CM. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper

4. Secondary fermentation at room temperature until it is 2-3 times larger, which takes about 5 hours. Spread water on the surface and cut the bread (note that the direction of cutting this kind of bread is different from the traditional baguette, it is more horizontal, and you don’t need to cut it at an angle, just cut it perpendicular to the dough)

5. Place an empty baking tray in the oven, preheat to 260C, pour some boiling water into the baking tray to generate steam, and close the door. Put the baking tray with the dough into the oven, pour a cup of hot water into the baking tray below, and close the door. Lower the temperature to 218C and bake for 20 minutes, then lower the temperature to 190C and bake for another 20 minutes until the bread turns golden brown.

A delicious dish can make people happy and thus benefit their physical and mental health. And if you master the method of making New Orleans French bread with natural yeast and complete it carefully, you can also realize the dream of "win-win".