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A basket that never bakes anything, yet shapes every loaf's ego.
means A woven (often cane or rattan) proofing basket that holds shaped bread dough as it rises, imprinting it with ridged, spiral, or coiled patterns before baking.
from From French banneton, a diminutive tied to banne/banneau, old words for a basket or hamper — ultimately rooted in Latin benna, a wagon-basket the Gauls were said to use, borrowed into Latin from Gaulish. The word shrank over centuries to name this small, specific bakery tool, even as its job stayed exactly the same: cradle the dough, leave your mark, let the oven do the rest.
- origin
- French proofing basket, usually rattan or cane
- function
- wicks moisture, leaves spiral tattoo on dough
- not bakeware
- dough never touches oven in it
- flour trick
- rice flour lining prevents sticky dough divorce