eoocvt Agile-Shop 8 inch Round Banneton Brotform Bread Dough Proofing Rising Rattan Handmade Basket & Linen Liner Cloth

unbelievable small!!! and bad rough quanlity! DIRTY and grey color... what the size designed for?! and cannot return!!! dont buy it. the better option is ikea's basket.

I have tried different things for proofing my sourdough bread, different towels in different bowls of different shapes and sizes, and finally decided to use this basket after inconsistent results. I tried with the liner a couple of times and it worked ok, but the material is coarse with seams and sticky sourdough sticks to it too easily. However the revelation was to use the basket without the liner and with an ample (but not ridiculous) amount of flour. Not only does the dough easily come out of the basket, but it has the cool spiral pattern in it. Even better, the dough that is in contact with the basket (the "top" of the loaf after it's been flipped out of the basket) develops a light crust. This makes it easy to handle, easy to score, and produces much better "oven spring". My theory on how this works is that a slight amount of air gets between the pieces of rattan and slightly dries out the dough to form the crust. Today I made a batch and because of unexpected schedule changes it proofed in the basket for about 2-3 hours longer than I wanted. It was over proofed and overflowing, but I decided to bake it anyway and it came out perfect. The magic crust formation allowed me to easily handle and bake it. These baskets are brilliant! BTW the 7 inch is the perfect size for my loaves that start with 500g of flour (total weight about 900-950g considering 75% hydration, salt, and starter).

This banneton makes a +/- 280 gram boule plenty big enough for four people, so its about perfect for the two of us, with plenty left over the next day to toast for breakfast, and then some. Maybe I'm imagining it, but the smaller size seems to accentuate the crispy crunchiness of the crust better than a larger banneton I use. It looks deceptively tiny, both in diameter and depth, as if it would never produce a decent size boule, but it does. It is also a good size for experimenting with recipes and tweaking proportions and procedures. The only caveat is if you want to make a large sandwich, you should probably go to the next larger 7" size banneton. It seems sturdy and well made and has help up perfectly through twenty or so uses in the past nine months. For ten bucks delivered, it's a bargain.

Taille ridicule - les images montre un panier de taille normale. Trompeur......

Great basket, but it seems a little small. Look at the dimensions closely.