Cheese Bread from the French Pastry School

Summary by Krater

At The French Pastry School in Chicago, Illinois, chef instructors explain their philosophy of using quality ingredients and demonstrate how to bake French breads and pastries, including a cheese bread recipe based on Danish dough.

From the video

Answers: How does The French Pastry School teach baking and how is cheese bread made?

• French pastry school baking instruction
• Puff pastry technique
• Brioche and bread making
• Cheese bread recipe

Ingredients

• white French bread flour
• water
• yeast
• salt
• Gruyère cheese

What it concludes

• Starting a recipe with top-quality ingredients prevents major problems and helps produce a decent final product.
• Baking bread involves balancing ingredients like protein, gluten, and yeast, requiring more consistency than pastry making.
• Cheese bread dough should be kept slightly soft and rolled out into a rectangle about three-quarters of an inch thick before adding Gruyère cheese.
• Baking the cheese bread loaves in a 500-degree oven melts the cheese while keeping the inside moist and creating a caramelized crust.