Pain Aux Lardons (Bacon Bread)

[Gunslinger]

Vlap started a thread about this kind of bread a year or so ago. I finally got around to baking it. It starts as a very stiff levain made with your sourdough starter. The final dough has white, wheat, are rye flours and is a pretty stiff and dry, so it's not light and full of air pockets like most French bread. It's fairly dense, but very moist. I added steam to firm the crust. It has diced bacon in it also. I used bacon that I cured and smoked a couple months ago.


One of these is going to the guy that gave me the hundred lb bag of flour.


I think we'll keep this one.


I'll give this one away since it looks so nice with the diagonal slashes.


It has a wonderful smokey aroma.


Ahhhhh, life is good............. FOR MY FAMILY!!!! I'll eat a small toasted piece.

The family says this bread is fantastic, and I believe them.

BTW. I'm 71 lbs lighter as of today and I am off my blood pressure medication too.

[Cajunsmoke13]

Looks awesome, I'll take a loaf please. Congrats on your weight loss and off the meds...

[DanMcG]

Looks awesome, I'll take a loaf please. Congrats on your weight loss and off the meds...

Yeah what 13 said...... nice job

[Slanted88]

Get on it Big Rebar Concrete Daddy!... So glad you better...Man...ya know YOU SUCK!... Cause that bread is scale clikin right! Uhhh...slide me a slice with a dab o' butter please!

[Whisky Fish]

71??? I thought I did good after my divorce(15 years ago), I lost 50 on the booze and hot dog diet, people asked me how much I had lost, I told em 170 lbs. Well, , , she went 120 and I figured it was cumulative
Great job on the bread too Tom and congrats.

[Jimh]

WOW Tom thats some beautiful lookin bread!! I sure would like to try making some sour dough one of these day..

[SmokinLee]

Alot of them there french breads start with the word "pain" Looks good Tom.

[Slanted88]

Hey...OBTW...where'd ya get that peel?

[Bassman]

That's just some beautiful bread. I have to give you not only for the bread, but for losing the weight.
Mike, you can get a peel like that at almost any restaurant supply house. Looks just like mine.

[SmokinLee]

Hey Alx did your cat eat your tounge? you dont talk to good no more.

[Pandemonium]

Good looking bread and congrats on the weight loss, im going on a serious diet so i wont be looking here so much anymore lol and not its not a stupid new years resolution it was that hideous fat bastard i saw on a webcam the other day that did it for me jeez !!

[Richtee]

Beee-utiful! Damn, man...yer gonna bankrupt those po' drug companies at this rate...

[Critterhunter]

Nice work Gunny.Damn fine bread and congrats on the weight loss

[chefrob]

that and some beans..................

[Meat Hunter]

You had me at "It has bacon in it" Nicely done