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Faluche – a pale white bread that is a traditional bread in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France and the Tournai region of southern Belgium. Ficelle – a type of French bread loaf, made with yeast and similar to a baguette but much thinner. Fougasse – typically associated with Provence but found (with variations) in other regions.
Much of the history of the baguette is speculation; [7]: 35 however, some facts can be established. Long, stick-like breads in France became more popular during the 18th century, [7]: 5 French bakers started using "gruau," a highly refined Hungarian high-milled flour in the early 19th century, [7]: 13 Viennese steam oven baking was introduced to Paris in 1839 by August Zang, [7]: 12 and the ...
A croissant (/ k r ə ˈ s ɑː n t, ˈ k (r) w æ s ɒ̃ /, [1] French: ⓘ) is a French pastry in a crescent shape made from a laminated yeast dough similar to puff pastry. [2]It is a buttery, flaky, viennoiserie pastry inspired by the shape of the Austrian kipferl, but using the French yeast-leavened laminated dough. [3]
French bread or baguette is a long, thin, white bread made in the French style. French bread may also refer to: List of French breads, consisting of breads that originated in France; Marraqueta, a South American white bread roll; French-Bread, a Japanese video game developer; Pão francês, a Brazilian bread roll
Pain de campagne ("country bread" in French), also called "French sourdough", [1] is typically a large round loaf ("miche") made from either natural leavening or baker's yeast. Most traditional versions of this bread are made with a combination of white flour with whole wheat flour and/or rye flour, water, leavening and salt.
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The Old English word for bread was hlaf (hlaifs in Gothic: modern English loaf) which appears to be the oldest Teutonic name. [1] Old High German hleib [2] and modern German Laib derive from this Proto-Germanic word, which was borrowed into some Slavic (Czech: chléb, Polish: bochen chleba, Russian: khleb) and Finnic (Finnish: leipä, Estonian: leib) languages as well.
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