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So I made a full recipe and cooked the bread in two batches (didnt want it to expand too much and get stuck in the tube). Took 1 hour per baguette.

We had a taste, and the texture is great! We're so pleased~! I don't usually bake in the summer because it takes too much propane, so this is very exciting.

There you have it, solar-cooked bread.

a close up of a pair of solar-cooked baguettes. One baguette has a bit missing, showing the inside crumb.
two solar-cooked baguettes on a cutting board, one of them has a bit missing.
10 May 2023 at 22:46 | Open on merveilles.town
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R E K
Tendigits

@rek I would have never guessed that this was possible, let alone look that tasty

10 May 2023 at 23:28 | Open on merveilles.town
Maša Kepic
R E K

@masakepic Yea im shocked at how well it worked, expected something along the lines of steamed bread. I didnt expect it to have a bit of crunch to it.

11 May 2023 at 1:45 | Open on merveilles.town
Brian Boucheron

@rek it looks great! do you have to take care to keep it from hitting the sides/top of the tube or is that ok?

this reminds me of a Pyrex “bread tube” that I have, which is just a tube of glass (with a wire frame to keep it from rolling around) which you butter up and bake a perfectly tubular loaf in (in a standard oven). it’s weird and probably from the 70s.

11 May 2023 at 1:20 | Open on hachyderm.io
R E K

@beardicus I wrapped the dough in parchment paper so it wouldn't stick :>.

11 May 2023 at 1:44 | Open on merveilles.town
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ghostzero

@rek I love that this was made in those tubes. The French baguette is like an added bonus, looks yum!

11 May 2023 at 4:17 | Open on tech.lgbt
Robert Weißgraeber🇪🇺

@rek can you write a blog post or a gist somewhere with full instructions?

11 May 2023 at 4:50 | Open on mastodon.social
R E K

@rw007 Too early for that, I'll consider it when I've solar-cooked more bread, this is only my first try.

11 May 2023 at 14:53 | Open on merveilles.town
nomand

@rek amazing! very interested to try it some time in the future! (the bread and the oven!)

11 May 2023 at 6:33 | Open on merveilles.town
Thomasorus

@rek OK but how is THE CRUST??? Does it make a nice satisfying sound when breaking the bread? 🔥

11 May 2023 at 8:36 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

@thomasorus crust is pretty good, exceeds my expectations. Not saying you'd find this in a bakery, but there is a crunch to it, esp at the ends cause the tube temp is higher at one end than the other (i had to flip the bread around once during cooking).

11 May 2023 at 14:49 | Open on merveilles.town
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Lewis Weil

@rek that is an incredible baguette extra incredible that it was made in a solar tube!

12 May 2023 at 15:52 | Open on mastodon.social
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