Crispy Sub Baguette, You'll never buy a baguette again

hi everyone my name's john i'm a retired cook from the northeast of england in the uk and welcome to my 63rd bread recipe and in this one i'll be making these absolutely delicious and relatively quick crispy sandwich buckets and if you like your homemade sub sandwiches but with a crispy bucket bun instead then this recipe is perfect for you you can view the ingredients list and full written method for this recipe on the recipe page on the channel's website i'll leave a link in the description under the video or you can click on the i icon top right of the screen to take it directly to the recipe page and i'd like to thank the patreon and paypal supporters for their very kind help i'll be doing the shout out and name splash a little later in the video okay let's get on with today's recipe first job is to make sure your yeast is okay heat your water up to approximately 40 degrees celsius that's 104 fahrenheit [Music] add the sugar to the warm water and give it a good stir once dissolved add the yeast and whisk it in and allow it to sit in a warm spot for 10 minutes if there's no activity after 10 minutes your yeast must be dead and it needs replacing [Music] okay onto the kneading now i know a lot of you out there don't have a stand mixer but because of my wonky hand i'll have to use my machine to do mine but you can easily knead this door by hand if you don't have a machine i do go into quite a bit of detail in my sandwich bread and cottage love videos on kneading techniques i'll leave links in the description box to those videos okay add the salt to the flour and mix it in once you're happy that your yeast is alive and kicking add it to the bowl make sure you get it all out of the jug and now add the flour to the bowl [Music] with the door hook attached mix until it all comes together this should take about a minute or so now using your bowl scraper clean down the sides of the bowl this will just make sure that all the ingredients are incorporated into the dough right set your machine away for 10 minutes if you're hand kneading it's also 10 minutes while that's mixing grease a large bowl with a little oil about a half teaspoon of whatever oil you've got and set it aside and this is what it looks like after five minutes and that's it the ten minutes are up whether you use the machine or hand needed you should now have a nice smooth dough right turn it out onto a flower free bench and form it into a ball now stretch the outer skin of the dough as shown [Music] now get it into the greased bowl and you'll be pleased to hear this is this one and only rise in the bowl now swirl the dough around like i'm doing to coat it in a little of the oil and now cover the bowl i like to use the shower cups for this and these are available in the website shop if you want one we have white or red now get it into a nice warm draft-free spot i like to use my oven with just the light bulb on for this now set your timer for one hour right while that's proofing you'll need to oil a strip of cling film or plastic wrap about 45 centimeters that's 18 inches long i'm using vegetable oil but any oil will do right i'll set that aside for now okay time's up on the first proof [Music] and as you can see it's well risen if yours is still a bit low just give it a bit more time proofing times vary depending on what temperature they're in now sprinkle some flour on the worktop as shown [Music] turn out the dough and dust with a little more flour [Music] now knock the door back that simply means get all of the gas out of it now using your dough or bench scraper this time equally divide the dough into four pieces [Music] and if your measurements were correct at the beginning each piece should work out at 250 grams each if you're working in ounces that's 8.8 ounces much easier to work in grams guys not preaching just saying [Music] we now need to make what's known as the pre-shapes for these baguettes [Music] once you have your four pieces form each one into a bowl [Music] then into a fat sausage shape as shown [Music] i'll just quickly do one more i go into a lot more detail in forming these dough balls in my dinner roll video if you want to have a look at that one i'll leave a link for that video in the description too once all four is done and in a line don't add any flour to these just place your oiled cling film over the top as shown and set your timer for 10 minutes this rest period is very important as it allows the dough to relax and it makes the final shaping of these baguettes much easier and at this point i hope you don't mind if i give my two recipe books a bit of a plug the books have lots of our favorite easy to follow recipes from our work kitchens in them both books are available in the website shop along with lots of other equipment i use in the videos and by popular demand the skeleton style oven gloves are now available too just click on the eye icon top right of your screen and that'll take you directly to the website shop now you can use an ordinary flat baking tray to make these on but i'll be baking my sub baguettes on this baguette tray they do make life a lot easier when making this kind of bread i'll leave a link in the description for this one they are very cheap too and well worth investing in one okay onto the final shaping take one of your pre-shapes and place it on a flower-free bench turn it over so the oily sticky side is now facing down now gently flatten it with your fingers into a rectangle now roll it towards you tucking in the ends as you go right now it's important to close the seam properly or it will pop open in the oven try to copy how i do it in the video starting by tapping it gently with the heel of your thumb [Music] once that's done turn it so the seam is pointing upwards and pinch it together as shown once you're happy with it place it on the baguette tray or if you use him on a baking tray and make sure that the seam is on the bottom i'll quickly go through one more [Music] so [Music] once all four are on the tray give them a light dusting with flour don't worry about them being a bit wrinkly at this stage that'll smooth out as they rise [Music] right cover with a lightweight dry cloth and allow them to rise for 45 minutes [Music] okay with 10 minutes to go on that rise you'll need to pre-heat your oven now before i do that i'll add a pan of hot water on the bottom of the oven and then i'll set the oven temperature to 200 degrees celsius that's 390 fahrenheit or gas mark 6. okay time's up on the final rise and it's time to bake these beauties but first we have to score them so take eolime or razor blade score now these are available in the website shop too now just cutting with the front of the blade and keeping the back of the blade up in the air gently cut a line down the middle of the bucket i'll show you a different angle of that first cut now carefully and gently go over it two or three times until you're about 13 millimeters or half an inch deep right i'll quickly go through the rest of them and once that's done get them into the preheated oven [Music] once they're in give the oven a few squirts with water this will create a bit more steam and it's the steam created in the oven that makes your bread crispy now set your timer for 16 minutes and for the very first time i'll attempt to show you these baking through the glass and there you go 16 minutes baking in a few seconds [Music] right time's up so i'll get them out but i'm not finished yet i want to turn them over and give the bottoms a further three minutes to crisp up some more [Music] do okay that's them done [Music] and just listen to how crispy they are so i'll allow them to cool for a while on a wire rack then i'll come back later to show you the insides and of course have a taste and a glimpse at how i build up my fillet steak and blue cheese sandwich okay time to cut one open and by the way the smell in my house is absolutely fantastic nice and crispy as you can hear and as you can see it's got quite a close crumb for a baguette but it is soft and very light ideal for making sub sandwiches i'll try a little with some of my homemade butter on and they really are absolutely fantastic you couldn't buy a better sub sandwich bucket the taste is simply amazing now as promised i'll quickly go through our customers favorite sandwich first is a generous layer of caramelized onions cooked with a dash of aged balsamic vinegar next a small medium rare fillet steak sliced then a good helping of my homemade blue cheese sauce finally a few thin slices of a good quality danish blue cheese absolutely delicious a sandwich fit for a king or a queen definitely warrants a big thumbs up and as promised at the beginning here is the latest list of my patreon and paypal supporters and they are sree rahayu david boyce doc eldridge trinity nov kenneth hunter rebecca lindley p foot preston mccoy and the egg factory and there's also two who wish to remain anonymous thanks 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Channel: John Kirkwood

Views: 672,175

Keywords: ASMR, Crispy Sub Baguette, Crispy Baguette, Subway Bread, Bread Flour, bread dough, dough, Bake, Salt, Yeast, Water, Scraper, Peel, Oven, Baking, Couche, Bowl, Whisk, Foil, Spray, Strong white bread flour, Steam baking

Id: T_4eB2RWlaQ

Length: 15min 42sec (942 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 26 2021