How to Shape a Baguette

Learn how to create the classic French bread with Fine Cooking's food stylist Allison Ehri Kreitler. This is a simple technique for making light, crusty French bread in your own kitchen.

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Howto & Style

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• food
• baguette

[baxterenrife]

poor technique! Never poke downwards with the fingers. Always use the heel of the hand to gently flatten, and thus preserve the air pockets.

[HLuna52180]

Is there a part 2 to this video? (O_O)

[Methrt3]

Why would you take all the air out?

[fromvnwithlove]

my french bread came out hard like rock.idk where i did wrong

[kazik1908]

its very funny you dont know what you doing you can clean in my bakery :) i wonder how meny time you need to make 100 hande made baguettes

[MOLRobocop]

Violent and just plain bad dough technique. 

[chickensexer]

@spazz58 , folding and thus creating seams is important because baguettes should have it's upper, outer side stretched and tight. This is achieved through certain way of folding the dough at some points of rising and then also by folding and shaping it the way it's shown in the video. With those folds you sort of stretch out to sides and tighten the upper surface of the baguette towards its buttom (while the baguette is upside down).

[spazz58]

What is the purpose of the seams?? Why can't they just be hand rolled out to the shape you need??

[Fyi209able]

Thank you for posting this video, it is very helpful.

[siama45]

where is the dough recipe

[Barbarainnc]

Where did you get your work table, and what size is it??