Whether you're missing it, baking it yourself or trying not to eat too much of it at once, bread is definitely one of the "starlets" of the lockdown :) So today, let's talk about this staple of French cuisine!
- To start with, an interesting French expression featuring our beloved food in a rather unexpected context:
mettre un pain à quelqu'un (to punch someone - lit: to put a bread to someone)
Il lui a mis un pain en pleine figure !
He punched him right in the face!
- To become an expert in le pain à la française, here's a useful Vocabulary list:
- And now, let's make our own French baguette de tradition with French star baker Éric Kayser in the following French video:
Can you hear the following sentences from the video ?
Et il nous reste le four du boulanger pour pouvoir cuire le pain. And we also need the baker's oven to be able to bake the bread.
On met le torchon sur le pétrin pendant une heure. We put the tea towel [US:dish towel] over the kneading machine for one hour.
Ça veut dire que la pâte, elle est à la bonne température pour avoir une bonne fermentation. It means that the dough is at the right temperature to get a good fermentation.
Juste avant que vous cuisiez le pain, mettez à l'intérieur du four un peu d'eau. Just before you bake the bread, put a bit of water inside the oven .
Have a delicious Wednesday! Prenez soin de vous et à demain !
