“I love it. No more messing about with trays of water and spray bottles. A little 'brick' oven in my oven. I bake nearly all sourdough. The most noticeable improvement for me is in the crust, firstly, I now get those all important ears, but secondly whilst still getting a dark ( as long as you remove the cover part way), crackly, crispy crust, it is a much thinner crust, one you can actually get your teeth through. My only gripe ( and I have the oblong version too), is that my preferred loaf shape is oval and whilst I can bake an oval loaf in this, it tends to spread too much sideways. I wish they made an oval one. This is also true of a smaller boule. These bakers work best when the dough pretty much fills the space, as they are forced to rise up rather than out. So a loaf made with 1kg of flour in a boule shape will produce the best result. I find a loaf that size too big for my bread knife and too awkward a shape for the toaster. However, that is really a small gripe and it produces far superior results to baking without it, whatever size the loaf.”
“I love it. No more messing about with trays of water and spray bottles. A little 'brick' oven in my oven. I bake nearly all sourdough. The most noticeable improvement for me is in the crust, firstly, I now get those all important ears, but secondly whilst still getting a dark ( as long as you remove the cover part way), crackly, crispy crust, it is a much thinner crust, one you can actually get your teeth through. My only gripe ( and I have the oblong version too), is that my preferred loaf shape is oval and whilst I can bake an oval loaf in this, it tends to spread too much sideways. I wish they made an oval one. This is also true of a smaller boule. These bakers work best when the dough pretty much fills the space, as they are forced to rise up rather than out. So a loaf made with 1kg of flour in a boule shape will produce the best result. I find a loaf that size too big for my bread knife and too awkward a shape for the toaster. However, that is really a small gripe and it produces far superior results to baking without it, whatever size the loaf.”
“This cloche ensures a consistent environment within the oven for baking; so far, we're very happy with the crust we're getting when using it. We take the lid off for the last ten minutes or so of the bake.
Only downside is that it's a little large when storing. But it's well worth it for the great results.”
“This cloche ensures a consistent environment within the oven for baking; so far, we're very happy with the crust we're getting when using it. We take the lid off for the last ten minutes or so of the bake.
Only downside is that it's a little large when storing. But it's well worth it for the great results.”
“This cloche ensures a consistent environment within the oven for baking; so far, we're very happy with the crust we're getting when using it. We take the lid off for the last ten minutes or so of the bake.
Only downside is that it's a little large when storing. But it's well worth it for the great results.”
“The cloche is well made. It improves the baking of sourdough loaves but after 5 attempts still haven't achieved a really good spring as I had hoped. Good company to deal with.”
“The cloche is well made. It improves the baking of sourdough loaves but after 5 attempts still haven't achieved a really good spring as I had hoped. Good company to deal with.”
“The cloche is well made. It improves the baking of sourdough loaves but after 5 attempts still haven't achieved a really good spring as I had hoped. Good company to deal with.”
