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Shaping a Bâtard: Strong Dough

Name: The best way to shape a bâtard (bread dough)
Uploaded: 2022-10-19
Duration: 8 min 52 s
Description: My method for shaping bread dough into an oval shape, also called a bâtard.In this video, I show my approach for shaping a batard when the dough is strong an...

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