Ceramic Bread Cloche

Kitchencraft home made bread cloche with recipe in gift box round stoneware 30 cm 3 6 out of 5 stars 256 emile henry bread cloche ceramic charcoal 28 5x28 5x16 5 cm.

Ceramic bread cloche.

The steam gives the bread a crunchy chewy crust. Whether made from ceramic or stoneware a cloche bread baker is treated and formed specifically to withstand high temperatures and heavy use. The result of 2 years of research our bread cloche will quickly become your best friend. The steam generated by the baking bread is trapped in the cloche and emulates the fancy steam injected ovens the professionals use to create artisan loaves with crispy crusts.

The rounded shape of the cloche is identical to a traditional domed bread oven to ensure that your bread has the required level of humidity during the cooking process. The cast iron pan method is based on a much older method where bread is baked inside a closed clay pot or cloche meaning bell in french. Cloches dutch ovens are used to trap steam in the initial period of baking bread in a home oven to mimic the steam injection of commercial bread ovens and give your bread the artisan crust you are after. It holds a loaf of bread as it rises and then you bake the dough right in the covered cloche.

A bread cloche is a bell shaped container that s generally made from ceramic. Ceramic iron bread bakers baking stones lidded bakers e g. However grooves in the bottom of the pan made it tricky to clean and the shape. Sassafras superstone stoneware la cloche bread baker unglazed bakes an artisan bread with crusty crust and a light crumb 4 8 out of 5 stars 16 59 95 59.

Our innovative refractory ceramic will enable you to get a ni. The ceramic bread cloche with its bell shaped cover allows you to proof your bread directly in the bread cloche controled temperature. Bakers should utilize the same safety precautions with cloche bread bakers as they would with any other kitchen utensil. Emile henry ceramic bread cloche.

Both methods depend on trapped steam from the dough to create a perfect crust but the clay pot has the added benefit of being porous so moisture is trapped but also conducted away from the. Always grab the cloche with oven mitts and carry slowly since they can be heavier. The lid traps steam from the baking bread to create an environment similar to a steam injected oven.