Bread

Manufacturing of the bread

To begin you weigh all the ingredients (flour, yeast, salt).

After adding water (1 kg of flour = about 600g water), you "start" the kneading machine in first gear to do what is called "frasage." (Mixture of raw materials)

Once frasage is completed (about 5 minutes) you put the kneading machine in “second gear” for the dough to incorporate air (about 15 minutes)

Finally you incorporate salt during 5 minutes in “second gear”.

After letting the dough rest 5 minutes (so it expands), you will weigh it several times in its tray. The dough must have a well-defined weight.

Then you put the dough into a machine called "divider" to cut it in 20 equal parts.

After having put the dough into a "doughrest" (bottom on the picture) you "shape" it by putting it in a "shape machine" in order to give it the desired length.

The dough, which has taken the desired shape, is placed on a canvas (very thick cloth).

Then, you put your shaped dough in a large ladder which will be stored in a fermentation chamber before being placed in oven.

The system of the fermentation chamber is very simple; it is a big refrigerator that can heat. The dough is stored at 5°C so that the yeast does not become active, then the fermentation chamber will trigger at the desired time for the temperature to reach 18°. This will ferment the dough, which can then be cooked.

Now it is time for the placing into the oven; with a small board you take the fermented dough and put it on a carpet. You "scarify" the dough (you cut the dough to expel the gas, this prevents the pulp to crack in the oven, it is also used to make a nicer bread) then put into the oven, do not forget to make a hole so that steam will escape and give a shiny look to the crust.

It only remains to keep an eye on the baking (heavier is the weight of the dough, longer will be the baking). The baked bread will be taken out of the oven with the shovel or the carpet.

It only remains to store the bread into baskets before putting it on the shelves

And here is the result!