Toast bread (Pain de mie)
12 servings
170 minutes
Pain de mie is a classic French bread with a soft and tender crumb, perfect for making toasts, sandwiches, and hot sandwiches. Its history is rooted in French gastronomic tradition, where bread was a symbol of daily meals. With the addition of milk and butter, this bread has a subtle creamy flavor and light sweetness, while its dense yet airy texture makes it ideal for toasting. Pain de mie is often used in restaurants and cafes for making morning toasts with jam or butter, as well as in gourmet dishes with pâtés and cheeses. This bread is easy to make at home and keeps well, remaining soft for several days.
1
Grease 2 loaf pans of 500 g with butter.
- Butter: 2 tablespoons
2
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
3
Knead the dough. For this, rub the yeast into the flour until a uniform crumb forms. Add salt, then water and milk. Knead for 2-3 minutes until the dough starts to come together. Leave the dough to rise for 1 hour.
- Fresh yeast: 10 g
- Wheat flour: 500 g
- Salt: to taste
- Water: 300 ml
- Milk: 50 ml
4
Divide the dough into 2 parts and shape 2 tight loaves.
5
Place the loaves in the molds and leave for 1 hour in a warm place, covered with a lid or a metal tray.
6
Place the molds in the oven, reduce the temperature to 220 degrees, and bake for 20-25 minutes without removing the tray, then 5 minutes uncovered.