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Pre-Ferments

A Pre-Ferment is a dough that has had a head-start on fermenting before the rest of the ingredients are added.

It adds taste, and helps the finished bread product hold moisture so that it will stay fresher long.

Pre-Ferments also helped give strength at a time when European flours were weaker.

Poolish and Biga are, respectively, French and Italian versions of pre-fermented dough.



See Also
Biga, Poolish

Other entries for Starters
Biga, Crème de Levain, Poolish, Pre-Ferments, Starters (French)

Other entries for Leaveners
Chemical Leaveners, Hartshorn, Yeast








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Also called:
Préfermentations (French)




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