Give your sourdough the classic banneton it deserves. The Bulka Small Oval Smooth Banneton is a 9.1 inch oval bread proofing basket with a smooth interior, 4.7 inches wide and 2.5 inches deep, shaped to support 550 to 650g of dough through its final rise and bake into a beautiful 500g batard. Also known as a brotform, Brotkorb, bread rising basket, or bread proofing bowl, it suits smaller sourdough batards, oblong wheat loaves, rye, and other artisan loaves. The basket is pressed from sustainably sourced European spruce wood pulp. Its dense, thick walls insulate the dough and hold proofing temperature steady, giving you even fermentation and a reliable rise even in a cooler kitchen. As the dough proofs, the porous wood pulp draws excess surface moisture away, leaving a drier surface that scores cleanly and bakes into a thin, crackly crust. Doughs with good gluten development release from the proofing basket with just a light dusting of flour. For very wet doughs, no-knead doughs, or doughs with wet inclusions such as olives or dried fruit, line it with a linen liner or kitchen towel for a clean release. Caring for your sourdough proofing basket is simple: after baking, dry it using residual oven heat at 210 to 250°F for 30 minutes, then brush off any loose flour. Do not wash it with water. Unlike grass or paper pulp baskets that rely on added binders, this brotform is held together by the wood's own natural lignin. Each one is handmade in Germany, so no two are quite alike, which makes it a practical and thoughtful gift for bakers, from sourdough beginners to seasoned home bakers building their collection of sourdough bread baking supplies. Para los panaderos de masa madre: esta cesta ovalada pequeña de fermentación de pulpa de madera es ideal para hornear pan artesanal.

• EASY RELEASE: Doughs with good gluten development release from this sourdough proofing basket with just a light dusting of flour. For very wet or no-knead doughs, or ones with wet inclusions like olives or dried fruit, use a linen liner / kitchen towel.
• NO ADDED BINDERS, HANDMADE IN GERMANY: Crafted from sustainably sourced spruce wood pulp, bound by its own natural lignin, unlike grass or paper pulp baskets that rely on artificial binders. To clean, dry with residual oven heat at 210 to 250°F for 30 min, then brush off the flour. Don't wash with water.

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