# Bâtard

This video shows how to make a Bâtard bread.

- Cuisine: French
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 grams bread flour
- 2 grams active dry yeast
- water
- 10 grams salt
- rice flour

## Instructions

1. Add bread flour to a bowl and weigh it.
2. Add active dry yeast to a measuring cup and weigh it.
3. Activate the yeast with water at 100 degrees Fahrenheit and mix it until it becomes foamy.
4. Add water and the activated yeast to the bowl.
5. Mix for 20 seconds, add salt and mix again.
6. Let the dough chill in the bowl for one hour.
7. After one hour, do 4 stretch and folds every 30 minutes.
8. Shape the dough into a ball and let it rest for 40 minutes.
9. Take the dough on the bottom and put it in the center, do the same with the sides, then the top. Do three little braids and fold it over itself to make a little package.
10. Place the seam side up in your proofing basket and overnight cold proof for 12 hours.
11. Put the cast iron inside a 475 degree oven.
12. Dust the top with some rice flower or normal flower.
13. Score the bread and bake it inside the preheated cast iron for about 25 minutes, and then remove it from the cast iron and bake it another 15 to 20 minutes.
14. Take the bread and let it cool before cutting it.

## Equipment

- oven
- bowl
- scale
- measuring cup
- proofing basket
- cast iron

## Tips

- Weigh all the ingredients; do not use cups or other volume measurements.
- After 12 hours cold proof test the dough.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/-KQ83zivIZg?si=9mmEErSFa2Wza5IA
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3b07c312-7ee5-4bf6-835d-9311917ab48e
- Extracted: 2025-05-25

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