FRENCH BREAD (400 gm)

Ingredients Quantity

Refined flour 250 gm
Yeast 10 gm
Sugar 10 gm
Salt 7-8 gm
Water 150 ml approx.
Poppy seeds 5 gm
Egg 1 for egg wash

METHOD

1. Make a dough using all the ingredients except poppy seeds. The dough has to be a hard dough. Round it up and keep it for proving for about 20 minutes.
2. Knock back and mould it into a French bread i.e. bulging in the centre and tapering at the ends and place it on a French bread tray to prove for about 30 minutes.
3. Apply egg wash. Sprinkle some poppy seeds. Make 2-3 slashes and bake at 200C for 20 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 100C and allow the bread to harden up.