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Other uses
Other uses of the bread oven In addition to baking bread, the heat of the oven was also put to other uses: tijdens of na het bakken van het brood werd er ook plaats voorzien voor het bakken van vlaaien, peperkoek, appelbroodjes of andere lekkernijen voor de kinderen. men droogde in de nog warme oven peren, appels en pruimen. Om te drogen zijn de harde perensoorten goed zoals trichter- of hereperen, langeloren, korsenijsperen, spineelperen, dikstaartperen. De peren worden in verscheidene keren (4 à 5 maal) gedroogd. Daarna zien ze er zwart en vol rimpels uit. Bakpruimen werden als laatste in de oven gedroogd, soms op bruin papier. Om barsten tegen te gaan mocht de oven niet warmer dan 60° C zijn. op het ovengewelf werd het zaaigoed voor de moestuin gelegd. In de oven werden kleine veldvruchten en zaden gedroogd: erwten, bonen, klaverbollen, koolzaad, raapzaad, enz. in de bijna afgekoelde oven kon men pluimen drogen die, wanneer ze mals genoeg waren, gebruikt werden als vulling voor matrassen...
Heating
Heating the bread oven
Making bread dough
Baking
Baking the bread The dough balls are put in the oven in rows using a baker’s peel. They cannot be put right up against one another as the dough will still expand. They must not touch the walls either as they will burn. The bread has to be put in quickly, as the first ones will start baking while the others are put in. Furthermore, the baker has to act quickly to prevent the oven to cool down. A little flour on the baker’s peel stops the dough balls sticking to it. When the bread is in the oven, the oven door is closed to keep in the heat and also the steam. While baking, some of the water in the dough evaporates. This vapour “settles” on the bread as the oven cools, giving the bread a soft crust. The baking time depends on the weight of the bread and the type of grain used: white bread: around one hour rye bread, wholemeal bread: 1.5 to 2 hours flan: around a quarter of an hour (= the last quarter hour before the bread is ready)
Binding faggots
Inventory bread ovens
Zemstweg 5, Grimbergen, Belgium
Documentaire
Documentary - How to build a bread oven? This documentary is a step-by-step practical guide for building a traditional brick bread oven. Watching these episodes, you can start building your own woodfired oven to bake proper bread the way our grandparents used to. English subtitles are being made and will be added shortly. There are 5 episodes and 3 extra films.
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History
Bread history
A history of bread