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Popular Brazilian bread recipe
French bread
French bread
French bread
Author:
Estevan Vedovelli

Yield:

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Times:

Prep time: 30 minutes; Rest time: 1 hour and 45 minutes; Cook time: 15 minutes; Total time: 2 hours and 30 minutes

What to expect...

Ease:

Perfect for: Breakfast, Appetizer, Starter, Lunch, Snack, Dinner.

Although it's a very common bread in Brazil, and the list of ingredients is easy to come by, it's not a very easy bread to make at home. This is because in order for it to rise enough and become fluffy, and to obtain the crispy crust, you need an oven that generates steam to keep the bread moist while it bakes. We don't usually have such an oven at home, so we can try to generate steam inside the oven in other ways. A popular technique is to place a pan of boiling water in the bottom of the oven, with volcanic stones or a towel inside to generate steam without letting the water bubble over. Another way of generating steam, and the one that worked best for me, is to cover the loaves inside the pan with a large glass dish. This way, the steam that is generated from the evaporation of water from the loaves themselves surrounds them as they rise, allowing them to bake evenly. It is also possible to use an iron pan, but not many loaves will fit in the pan, so you have to bake in several stages. But even so, achieving the result of home baking is not an easy task. It takes a lot of practice and practice with the oven used.
  • Preparation method
  • Total time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
  • 1. Make the sponge with the first ingredients;
    Wheat Flour (50 Grams) Water (50 Grams) Dry Yeast (7 Grams)
    Prep time: 3 minutes; Total time: 3 minutes
  • 2. Wait until it rises without sinking;
    Rest time: 30 minutes; Total time: 30 minutes
  • 3. Mix in the rest of the ingredients and knead well;
    Wheat Flour (500 Grams) Water (280 Grams) Salt (13 Grams) Soy Oil (23 Grams)
    Prep time: 15 minutes; Total time: 15 minutes
  • 4. Leave to stand;
    Rest time: 15 minutes; Total time: 15 minutes
  • 5. Divide into portions of the desired size. Open each piece and make rolls, then leave to rest;
    Prep time: 5 minutes; Rest time: 15 minutes; Total time: 20 minutes
  • 6. Open the dough again in the opposite direction to the initial roll and make new rolls, with the outside of the dough tensioned;
    Prep time: 3 minutes; Total time: 3 minutes
  • 7. Place the loaves spaced out on a greased baking sheet, cover and leave to rise;
    Rest time: 30 minutes; Total time: 30 minutes
  • 8. Heat the oven with a large glass baking dish inside. The pan will be used as a dome covering the loaves while they are baking. While the oven heats up, the loaves will continue to rise;
    Prep time: 1 minute; Rest time: 15 minutes; Total time: 16 minutes
    Temperature: 230
    ºF
  • 9. Make a cut with the blade tilted 45º on top of the loaves. Place the hot glass dish covering the loaves on the baking sheet and place the baking sheet in the oven to bake;
    Prep time: 2 minutes; Cook time: 10 minutes; Total time: 12 minutes
    Temperature: 230
    ºF
  • 10. Remove the glass pan. Return the loaves to the oven. Bake until the desired color is reached;
    Cook time: 5 minutes; Total time: 5 minutes
    Temperature: 230
    ºF
  • 11. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
    Prep time: 1 minute; Total time: 1 minute

Created on 05/02/2020.
Last updated on 08/23/2025.

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