French Bread Oven Recipe

Its famous crust is made by baking the loaves at 400 f for the first five minutes and then misting the loaves with water.

French bread oven recipe.

Preheat your oven to 475 f. Allrecipes has more than 30 trusted recipes for brioche croissants french bread and crepes complete with ratings reviews and cooking tips. Preheat oven to 425. Relatively new to bread making and have previously been unsuccessful baking french bread.

Brush again with some of the egg white mixture. Slash or cross hatch the bread with a sharp knife or lame. Close the oven door quickly. Meanwhile place a 6 quart dutch oven or heavy cooking pot with oven safe lid inside the oven.

Using a serrated knife make a diagonal slice every 2 inches or so along the loaf of bread. Immediately remove bread from baking sheet. Seeing this simple recipe i thought i would give it a try. Continue cooking the bread uncovered for 10 15 minutes more until the bread has deepened in color and you have a beautiful brown crust.

When bread is done use oven mitts to pull the pot out of your oven. Reduce the heat to 425 f and spritz with water every few minutes for the first 15 minutes of baking. This is the very best french bread that i have had since i left europe many years ago. Cool on wire.

To get the steam simply put an oven safe container on the bottom shelf of the oven and use a water spray pump to mist water over the loaves twice while it s baking instead of the egg wash the recipe mentions. Preheat oven to 375 degrees f. Dust it with a little flour. French bread requires a water wash and baking with steam to come out crunchy eggs are a no no on this type of bread.

Using a sharp knife make 3 or 4 diagonal cuts about 1 4 inch deep across the top of each loaf. Looking for french bread recipes. After 30 minutes remove the lid from your dutch oven. Whether it s served in a basket with butter or olive oil before dinner alongside the meal or used to make garlic bread stuffed sandwiches or french bread pizza everyone loves french bread.

Place the baking sheet in the hot oven and immediately toss 3 4 ice cubes on the bottom of the oven this gives a delicious classic french bread crispness to the crust. Continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes more or until bread sounds hollow when lightly tapped. Spritz water into the oven with a clean plant mister and place the bread in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes.

It rose well had a brown crispy crust and chewy inside simply amazing. Preheat the oven to 450 f 230 c with the pot inside for 45 minutes 1 hour.