What makes good Artisan Bread?

What makes good Artisan Bread?

Crumb, an industry term used by bakers to describe the inside of the bread, tells a story about the baking process and ingredients used to make the bread.

The crumb can tell a skilled baker more about the hydration, flour, yeast, and even how the dough was mixed and shaped. The shape and crust are also important elements bakers use to learn about how the bread was baked, the flour types used, the fermentation balance, and the moulding techniques.

Artisan bread is all about this attention to detail - every step in the baking process plays an important role in creating the distinctive taste, texture and color unique to all varieties of artisan breads.

From the soaking of hand picked grains and fermentation of starters, to dough resting times and hearth oven baking, Bäckerhaus Veit's team of European trained Master Bakers , are experts at the artisan baking craft. Their attention to detail and baking skill consistently results in unique, nutritious bread products.

Artisan Bread Definition

The key to creating perfect artisan bread is not only the recipes passed down by families and communities, it is also the baker. An artisan baker is a highly trained craftsperson with an expertise in the process of mixing, fermenting, shaping and baking handcrafted breads. They are skilled in the science behind the chemical reactions of ingredients, and know how to provide the best environment for the bread to develop.

Like painters and sculptures, artisan bread bakers work with a palette of preferred raw materials that they combine in different ways to create various shapes, textures, and colors. Every tasty bite is infused with the passion, pride, creativity, and skill the individual brings to the artisan bread baking process.

Without a Master Baker , a bakery cannot produce artisan breads.