French Bread

This time around, I want to introduce you to various French breads in the market. Well, most people only know about the famous baguette and croissant. Well, there’s more to French bread than just those two kinds.

To begin with, we have couronne.  Couronne is actually bread in shape of a ring or some may say shape of a crown. It may be made using wheat flour or sourdough.

Next is the ficelle. Ficelle is smaller, thinner version of a baguette that looks like a breadstick with a spongy texture in the inside.

Flute is a larger, heavier version of a baguette. Well, I guess you can never mention French bread without mentioning a baguette!

Let’s move on to another type of bread, the brioche. Brioche or what I like to call cute looking bread is a light, slightly sweet made from egg, yeast and butter, and glazed with egg wash.  

Then, there’s boule. Boule is round bread in shaped of a squashed ball. However in the U.K it is called a cob. Boule is French for round or ball.

Fougasse is a raised flatbread from Southern France. The recipe and flavour is almost similar to focaccia, (refer here for more information) but the surface of the bread is styles with slashes.

Pain De Mie is also known as Pullman’s loaf is also known as sandwich bread is white or whole meal bread baked in a long, narrow, lidded pan. The lid slides on and off the pan making the loaf a flat and rectangular in shape used as sandwich bread.

Viennosierie is the kind of bun consumed during breakfast made with the combination of baking bread traditionally and sweet pastry using laminated dough.

So, the next time you go to a bakery, check these out. Bon Apetit! 

List of bakeries:

1. Delifrance
2. Bread Story
3. De Bread