When you get your new banneton basket you will need to get it damp and dust it with a layer of rice flour to prep it for baking. This base layer will really ensure that your dough doesn’t stick to it. Every time you go to proof a loaf of dough, you will want to dust it with rice flour again.
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4.91 -> hey guys it's Bettie from BakerBettie.com and if you aren't familiar with me
9.719 -> I am a trained chef and baking
instructor and my goal is always to help
14.28 -> you become a better Baker through
teaching classic baking techniques and
18.33 -> approachable baking science now today we
are continuing on with our sourdough
23.699 -> series and I want to talk really briefly
with you about banneton baskets
28.619 -> now banneton baskets are these wicker
baskets that bread Baker's use to proof
34.17 -> their bread in I have two different
shapes here this is a very classic shape
39 -> that is used for a boule which is French
for Bowl it's one of those really
43.649 -> beautiful round shaped loaves that you
often see at artisan bread shops and I
48.6 -> also have an oval shape here that makes
a really beautiful shape as well so when
54.239 -> you get a new Banneton basket you do
need to prep your basket what you want
59.489 -> to do is you want to get it really damp
and then you are going to dust it with
64.229 -> rice flour and then you're going to let
that dry completely and then every time
69.6 -> you go to use your Banneton basket you
want to dust it with rice flour again
73.74 -> now the reason why you want to use rice
flour instead of wheat flour is because
78.75 -> rice flour does not have the same
proteins in it that wheat flour does so
83.31 -> it is not going to create gluten when
you put your bread dough in your basket
87.81 -> and there's moisture in your bread if
there were wheat flour in your basket
92.579 -> it's going to start creating those
gluten strands and it's more likely to
96.689 -> stick to your basket now some people do
use a combination of rice and wheat
101.88 -> flour to dust their basket with but I
prefer to use only rice flour because I
106.649 -> just have the best results with that now
when you purchase your banneton basket
111.99 -> it may also come with one of these
covers and you can use this to put over
118.2 -> your basket and you can proof your bread
in it like this so that way you're not
123.329 -> going to get those beautiful rings on
the outside and bread bakers like to do
127.17 -> this if they're going to do any
intricate designs with their scoring so
131.879 -> typically they will cover the low
with flour and then they'll proof it in
136.209 -> this and then they have that really
smooth surface to do their intricate
139.54 -> designs if you don't use your Banneton
cover you're going to get all of those
144.13 -> beautiful rings on the outside of your
loaf and I really love that look I
148.51 -> typically do not bake with the cover in
it now it's really important to note
153.19 -> that you do not bake your bread in the
basket all you're doing is proofing your
157.959 -> bread in the basket the basket is going
to help the dough hold its shape as it
162.519 -> proofs but then you're going to turn it
out of your basket before you go to bake
167.319 -> it now after you are done proofing your
bread I typically just turn the basket
172 -> over and give it a few taps and knock
all of that extra flour out and then I
177.489 -> just dust it again before I put a new
loaf of bread in it you don't need to
182.5 -> wash these every time now if they do
start getting a little bit crusty and
186.97 -> kind of dirty you can rinse them out and
then add some more rice flour into them
191.2 -> again to get them ready for your next
bake so I'm going to go ahead and rinse
195.61 -> mine out really quick you don't want to
use a lot of water I just use the
199.48 -> sprayer on my sink okay so now I have a
rinse to that basket out and got all of
205.54 -> the little crusty bits out now I'm just
going to take a cloth and just run that
211 -> over it so that it's not super dry but
it is still damp
215.01 -> so now I'm going to read us tit with
rice flour and I really love to use this
220.329 -> little tea strainer it works so well for
dusting rice flour so I'm going to very
225.4 -> liberally dust this all over the basket
and make sure it gets on every side and
231.819 -> all the way up to the top okay and now
I'm just going to set that somewhere to
241.48 -> dry completely you don't want to cover
it where it's not going to get enough
245.019 -> air to dry because then it can start
getting moldy but just let that dry
248.95 -> completely and then when you go to put
your new loaf of bread in it you can
252.579 -> give it another dusting now that's it
for today's video about Banneton
256.84 -> baskets if you have any questions please
leave those in the comments section and
260.709 -> I will make sure to answer them I'll see
you guys next time
