Bread Keeping

There are many tips and tricks to keep bread delicious as long as possible, here are a few we find helpful:

KEEPING

• Ideally bread is completely cool before being wrapped. If necessary, a paper bag will interfere the least.

• It will last all day “naked” or in the paper bag but if you want to keep it overnight or longer, a breadbox or a loosely closed plastic bag will work best.

SLICING

• Ideally, bread is cut only when it is completely cooled and as needed with a good bread knife.

• Once sliced, it will dry very fast and must be kept in a closed plastic bag for a few days or in the freezer for longer.

REFRIGERATING

• Keeping bread in the fridge slows down the growth of mould but makes the bread hard and alters the flavour, we therefore recommend other keeping solutions.

WARMING

• We recommend warming in the oven for a few minutes at a high temperature or at whatever temperature you happen to have the oven at for a little longer. If you are after a crispy crust warm it "naked". If you wrap it in foil, il will soften the crust.

FREEZING

• Freeze bread in chunks or sliced in a plastic bag.

THAWING

• Our preferred method to thaw bread is a room temperature “naked” or in a paper bag. It will take 1/2h to a few hours depending on the size.

plastic bags

• If you keep your bread (sliced or not) in a plastic bag at room temperature, we recommend making a few holes in the bag. NOT if you freeze or refrigerate it!