The perfect combination of French food and art, apart from berets, French food, the most attractive thing is the baguette. The baguette is one of the most traditional French breads, known as the "King of Bread" and also known as the "Long Gem".
The baguette is golden and crispy on the outside, making a crunchy sound when you pinch it. And because there are only simple ingredients such as flour, water, salt, yeast, etc., it is still very healthy. The standard diameter of the baguette is about 5-6 cm, but the bread can be as long as 1 meter, but the shortest cannot be less than 80 cm.
Compared with those breads with various accessories, the baguette is indeed not so delicious. When it comes to the baguette, many people have the impression that it seems to have only a few ways to eat it. But in fact, the baguette can be matched with a wealth of ingredients, and you can create a variety of eating methods according to your own preferences. Let's take a look.
1. Taste directly
The baguette just taken out of the oven is very crisp and sweet, and a real good baguette has to stand the test. The first step is to listen to the sound of the baguette, the second step is to see the texture baked by the baguette, the third step is to smell its fragrance, and the fourth step is to taste its texture.
2. Garlic baguette
Garlic baguettes can be enjoyed as a simple appetizer or as a bread for a main course. Delicate minced garlic and butter are mixed with a little salt, lightly spread on the cut baguettes, and roasted very fragrant.
Material:
1 baguette
20g butter
1g salt
5 cloves garlic
15g olive oil
20g green onion
Practice:
· Cut the garlic cloves into olive oil and mix well.
· Chop the shallots into the melted butter and mix well, then cut the baguette in half.
· Spread the above ingredients evenly on the baguette.
· Bake the baguette in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 10 minutes.
· You can eat it directly after it comes out of the oven. Even people who don’t like garlic say it’s delicious.
3. Creamy baguette slices
Material:
100g eggs
40g milk
20g whipped cream
30g caster sugar
Practice:
· Whisk eggs, milk, whipped cream, and sugar until the sugar is melted.
· Stir all ingredients evenly and sieve for later use.
· Dip both sides of the cut baguette into the sauce and place it on the baking sheet.
· Preheat the oven and bake at 170 degrees for 15 minutes. The baked slices are golden on the surface and crispy in taste.
4. Baguette Sandwich
Material:
a baguette
5g onion
5g green pepper
5g pickled cucumber
5g tomatoes
a slice of cheese
Moderate amount of lettuce
a little salad dressing
Practice:
· Cut the baguette in half from the middle up and down, then cut it from the middle, and remove the two ends.
· Cut green peppers into strips, so do onions, pickled cucumbers, and tomatoes.
· Squeeze the salad dressing in the divided baguettes, sprinkle some diced onions and pickled cucumbers, and add sliced tomatoes, sliced cheese, green peppers, onions and lettuce respectively.
· Finally squeeze a little more salad dressing and cover the other half of the baguette.
The best shelf life of the baguette after it is baked is four hours. If it exceeds four hours, the outer skin of the baguette will become hard, so the preservation method of the baguette is very important. We can wrap the baguette directly with a moist cloth and keep it until the next day, or wrap the baguette in plastic wrap and freeze.
