T65 bread flour

Farine T65

What it is

The legal flour of the baguette de tradition française, a 1993 decree that fixed what a real baguette may contain: flour, water, salt, yeast and nothing else — no additives, no freezing. The law was written to stop the industrial loaf.

In the kitchen

Its extra bran feeds fermentation, so doughs rise faster and taste more. Hold back a little water at first — it drinks less than it looks.

Goes with

Baker’s yeast Salt Butter Olive oil Rye flour Walnut Honey Salted butter

Same species

Bulgur Couscous Einkorn Emmer wheat Wholemeal flour T45 flour

Also used with

Ascorbic acid Argan oil Barley malt syrup Brie de Meaux Brie de Melun Activated charcoal

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