The BEST Method(s) that keep Bread Fresh for longer - 224

this is a biscuit a rich tea biscuit the greatest biscuit known to man oh yes look at

that it snaps it breaks it crunches to preserve a biscuit we need to keep it somewhere airtight a tin a biscuit tin a tupperware box with a lid

or perhaps a jar left out be to the wind our biscuit we draw the moisture out of the air it becomes soft this is a muffin it's cake it's kind of pointless but

whatever people like it I don't know why it's soft and it's moist and if we wanted to preserve this we would keep it somewhere airtight like a tin or this

unnecessarily large plastic container for what four cakes why we could pop them in a jar and seal it up because if

we left them out the air would draw out the moisture making them dry right stale right seriously two different things with two

different characteristics yet we do the same thing to them both in order to preserve their characteristics to keep

them fresh we don't put this inside there do we no no no no absolutely not one muffin alone in a Biscuit tin is

enough to make all the biscuits go soggy it would even itself out the biscuits draw the moisture going soggy muffin gets the moisture drawn out of it becoming stale and everything is ruined and that may seem obvious but when we

are trying to preserve our homemade bread this is exactly what we're trying to do yet crossing our fingers and hoping everything stays

fresh hey home Bakers keeping our homemade bread fresh is the Holy Grail isn't it but bread isn't just bread and they are different kinds of bread that

require different keeping conditions nobody ever talks about this and I don't know why if you were to go to a baker uh somewhere where you live if you can find

one and get a freshly baked crusty loaf of bread does the baker wrap it up in cling film before they give it to you put it in a plastic box with a lid on go there you go mate enjoy that see you

later no why because this wait let me sort this out let's take that muffin out the biscuits are the crust the Crispy Crunchy dry outside of the bread and the

muffins are the moist and soft inside the crumb keeping them Air Tie will even out the two the crust and the crumb making the crust kind of tough and moist

and chewy and making the crumb kind of crumbly and stale the whole thing would even itself out and it wouldn't be a very nice slice of bread anymore would

it bread tins bread beins plastic boxes food bags cling film tinf Tupperware all these things are Air Tie and so you'll lose a differentiation between the crust

and the crumb and that sucks for the contrast to survive we need to let our bread breathe cloth bread bags are a good idea I don't have one but what I do

have is a bakood jack proving cloth it's a teail I keep it just for my bread so it doesn't have any kind of soapy smells and you can wrap stuff up in here to keep all the crumbs contained and

protect the bread from while we trying to protect bread from anyway flies the cat I don't know these ideas let the breathe in a similar way that a paper

bag would do or the Classic Cuts side down on a chopping board it's best for those crusty Breads and they won't last forever though will they more on this later plastic things and airtight stuff

does have its place though for those breads with the same characteristics throughout I'm talking about soft crust and soft crumb things like iced buns oh

hot cross buns stolen Brios uh the semolina Subs from the club or the honey and blueberry plat Loaf from bread every

day keep the air tight in something a bag or a tin to keep the moisture in and stay soft in the crust and crumb because

the bun is the cake of the bread world isn't it though vastly Superior than actual cake let's face it come on we don't want them to go dry yeah will it

be exactly as you bed it no but let me ask you this question is a cake exactly as you baked it is it we all say don't we cakes keep well don't we we all say

it cakes keep well though how come my bread doesn't keep that well but is it not true that 20 minutes after baking a cake is when a cake is at its best when the outside is kind of Crispy Crunchy

Tacky in your teeth when you chew it and the inside is warm and soft and delicious after that moment it's just

becomes cake kind of overrated slightly pointless I've I've never understood cake but anyway I digress airtight is also essential when it comes to freezing

your breads by far the best way to keep your bread fresh is to freeze it after you've baked it and it's totally cold put it in a bag like this and stick it into the freezer when you want it leave

it out in the Kitchen Side overnight to defrost put it back in the oven 8 to 10 minutes on the same temperature that you baked it at and it will be

99.97 5378 9% as good as it was when it was freshly baked I do it all the time I even do it for live television and

everybody eats it and goes wow this fresh bread is amazing don't tell anyone if you're baking in advance slightly underbake your bread so it has minimum color on it and that way when you bring

it back the crust won't be too crusty and end up kind of Smashing up into crust shrap all over the place in your eyeballs in your hair and just dust is

worth mentioning before we continue that supermarkets have infinite access to magical powders and fairy dust and synthetic materials to help their bread

stay fresh for longer and we at home don't and why would we because surely one of the reasons why we make our own bread at home is because it's actually food isn't it we can't compete with the

longevity of shelf life and the products that we buy in the shop we just can't and we don't actually need to so let's just stop trying because that is the preservation thing taken to ex extreme

uh to the sacrifice of the flavor and texture of the actual product next have we ever made a sandwich like a really nice sandwich with butter in it mayonnaise perhaps or sweet onion charty

crispy bacon from the grill with a couple of slices of breed lettuce tomato oh and then did you ever make six more wrap them in plastic put them in the fridge so you could eat one on Monday

Tuesday one on Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday no why because it would be gross but that's what they do in the shop though isn't it I think making a sandwich in advance is a flawed concept it doesn't work even if they did it with

fresh bread in fact even more so probably I don't know you probably get away with it if you're making a sandwich in the morning you're taking it to work and eating it for lunch if you tactically applied waterproofing

materials to the interior of your bread sandwich such as butter that's what it's for by the way but you certainly wouldn't leave it for a few days it just wouldn't work the point I'm trying to make here is that ideally we would make

it fresh and eat it fresh and move with valo that was a nice sandwich and if we can't do that we can do our best to fresh things up again a little bit I'm talking about putting a baguette in the oven for 10 minutes to bring back that

differentiation between the crispy crust and the softy crumb to make a wicked sandwich and if you are preparing lunch in advance like I do when I come here

for work you know what I do I don't even make a sandwich I make a salad or a poke bowl or poke Bowl what even is that rice in a bowl I don't know Cornish pasta the

is the perfect portable lunch isn't it to be taken down a cold mine but sandwich in advance no no no I'm lucky cuz I work in a kitchen I could just warm up a baguette put that bacon and

Bre in it and eat it oh not everybody is but I certainly wouldn't make one and take it out somewhere not for tomorrow you know make it fresh and eat

it at its best or fresh it back up if you can and if you can't and you're making lunch in advance and you don't want it to be disappointing make something that does transport really well I don't think sandwiches do hey I

don't know maybe they do certainly not if you got to put in the fridge though oh refrigerated sandwich well fresh bread is not a biscuit yeah and I know I'm using biscuits to describe part of

the bread certainly at least but bread uh is not to be treated in the same way as a biscuit what I mean by that is that these stay fresh crisp crunchy as long as I keep them in this jar 24 hours a

day 7 days a week whether I want one or I don't want one so there for by default the fact there's always here whether I want it or I don't makes me not

appreciate it anymore I don't care about it in the same sense that on Netflix there's two series of is it cake available at all times whether I want to

watch it or I don't so I just don't watch it cuz it's there and like why you know what I mean whereas the Great British Bake Off is on on a Tuesday night at 8:00 and I can't watch it

before then so I'll wait for it to arrive and then when it's on I'm watching it cup of tea in hand phone off I value it more because it's not available all the time bread is not a

biscuit bread is bread to drive home this point better in in the classic bakood Jack style where I take a irrelevant massive gigantic detour finally arriving at the point let's talk

about chicken for a moment chicken is chicken you buy it you roast it up on a Sunday and March it ceremoniously to the

table upon its carving board then we unsheath our carving knife that never sees the live day in the week and then we sharpen it on our belt people do that

I don't know and carving begins light meat or dark yeah drumstick and a couple of slices of breast extra skin Wing I've got you

covered it's celebrated and enjoyed for what it is in that moment in time and then tomorrow's cold chicken and mayonnaise sandwich is pretty exciting

isn't it salty ination chicken people still make that pop it in a jack of potato yes then we strip the carcass of all the weird and wonderful pieces and cook it down in the homemade barbecue sauce and make barbecue chicken tacos

for the kids in the week and then the best bit controversial the bones broth stock Ginger coriander and garlic

infused ramen noodle soup oh my gosh yes we use it for what it's best at every step of the way and we enjoy it for what it is we don't fixate on that Sunday

roast chicken deliciousness and say I wish I could preserve that and have that on tap to hand every single day of the week whether I fancy it or I don't and

by the way I don't want it to go off either don't treat bread like a biscuit treat bread like a chicken let us not obsess about

preserving what it is in that moment in time and instead enjoy it for what it is later down the line making use of it and

celebrating it at its various stages of life my gosh bread is amazing on day one it's a Triumph of your effort and a

massive reward for the work that you've done it's Wick it then on day two oh it's the best toast you've ever had in your whole life French toast even my

goodness come on as it starts to go stale is croutons holy smokes you can make sweet ones with donuts if you want sprinkle with sugar and a little bit of butter and serve it up with ice cream

Berry compa or savory light crispy in than you could possibly imagine ones out of chabata and fater with a little bit of garlic oil and a blanket of freshly

grated Parmesan sprinkled on the top for you to dunk into your delicious hot soup or dress in some sort of creamy salad dressing it's the Jacky crumbs fried in olive oil with garlic and Thyme that you

sprinkle a top your risoto or coach your crispy deep fried katsu chicken before you dip it in your katsu sauce seriously there's so much more to your homemade bread Than A really lovely sandwich and

then kind of six or seven disappointing slightly puy ones that follow there's a reason why modern Supermarket bread is rubbish and it's because it's not made to be tasty and delicious and wonderful

it's made to take your money and last forever but nothing does nothing lasts forever we can all get caught up in the act of preservation up to a certain

point of it all or we can appreciate the things that we have now for what they are in the moment and turn that into something incredible don't watch another video after this one will you drop your

thoughts in the comments box underneath this video and then go and make some breads because it's wicked isn't it let's face it see you