Batard recipe: 60 photos

Batard is shaped similarly to a baguette. The only difference is that the baguettes are shaped very long, generally over a foot long. Whereas the batard is shaped much shorter( 6-12 inches long). Baguettes are super thin, whereas batard are 4-6 inches wide, which makes them perfect as sandwich bread.

bastard. A 'football' shaped loaf, the batard was one of the last classic shapes the French formed. And since we have some space to fill, here's a useless piece of bread trivia: The word 'batard' is French for 'bastard'. Originally French bakers only shaped their French dough into baguette and boule (round) shapes.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(DmTHZtujBt2Rxc8P1frwiQk__93,

Proofing Baskets for a Bâtard?

Basket Length	Divided Dough Weight
10 to 11-inches	600 to 900 grams
14-inches	900 grams or more

Sourdough bread uses a sourdough starter that is fermented slowly, while other types of bread, such as French bread, baguette, ciabatta, or Italian bread, use pre-fermented commercial yeast.