EASIEST French Baguettes at home (actually) - Bake with Jack

Summary by Krater

Jack Sturgess demonstrates how to make no-knead French baguettes at home using a stone-baking method, guiding the viewer through mixing, stretching, folding, pre-shaping, final shaping, and scoring.

From the video

Answers: How do you make baguettes at home without a pre-ferment or kneading?

• No-knead bread making
• Baguette shaping technique
• Stone baking bread
• Scoring dough with a lame

Ingredients

• 500 g strong white bread flour
• 10 g fine sea salt
• 7 g instant or fast-action yeast
• 350 g water

What it concludes

• No-knead baguettes can be successfully made at home without a pre-ferment or overnight rest by stretching, folding, and building gluten tension over time.
• Stone baking and generating steam in the oven help achieve the characteristic crust and open crumb of a good baguette.