"Ken Knecht" > wrote in message
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> Anyone have a French bread bread machine recipe that tastes something
> like real French bread? I've tried several recipes - not bad white bread,
> but not French bread.
>
> TIA
>


You can't do it. You can't even necessarily knead the dough properly in a
bread machine. According to Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea
Bakery,[
http://www2.shopping.com/xPF-Nancy_S...ncy_Silverton]
it takes two days to make a baguette, even longer if you make a biga, or
starter before that. About here my discipline falls apart, and my wife makes
me clean up the mess. Pizza with starter is about as far as I get. You might
also look for Peter Reinhardt's "Breadmaker's Apprentice", which addresses
the patience, and attention to detail required to make good bread.
Kent.