Product Description

Maintain your healthy lifestyle on the go with the Accu Balance 401 from Frieling. This sleek silver scale is compact enough to slip into a pocket, purse or briefcase. Ideal for precise measurements, portion control, and nutritional analysis, all at your convenience. ... Read more

Features

• easy switch between kg/g or lb/oz
• automatic shut off
• computer calibrated for accuracy
• long life lithium batteries are included
• easy to read LCD display

Product Description

Professional bakers and chefs know that weight is generally a more reliable measurment than volume for dry or coarse ingredients. When ingredients are weighed each time the recipe is certain to turn out well. After all, a pound is a pound, whether it's grated, chopped, sifted, sliced or diced. And, in terms of portion control for those on a weight loss, weight gain, or weight maintenance plan the scales are not nearly as easily fooled as the eye! ... Read more

Features

• Plastic
• Bowl is 5 3/4" Diameter x 1 3/4" H; Overall height with bowl 7 3/4" H
• Weighs up to 17 oz. (500g) in 1/4 oz. (5g) increments
• Includes weight/volume conversion chart
• Easy to operate

Product Description

This scale is incredibly precise, allowing you to meaure in 1/10 of an ounce increments. It has a large weighing platform that will accommodate even large food containers, while allowing an uncompromised view of the dispaly. Whether you are a cook, a dieter, or a baker, you'll appreciate the accuracy and ease of use this scale offers. ... Read more

Features

• Super-precise multi-purpose
• Plastic housing
• 8" Diameter x 1 1/4" H; 5 1/2" Diameter weighing platform
• 6 Lb./3 kg capacity
• Measures in 0.1 oz./1 g increments

Product Description

This scale looks sleek, with its clear bowl and brushed silver base. It's computer calibrated for accuracy and will be a great asset to any dieter, cook, or baker. The scale stores inside the bowl for compact storage. You can weigh as you go, setting the scale to zero before adding the next ingredient to the bowl. ... Read more

Features

• Plastic housing and bowl
• Bowl is 7 3/4" Diameter x 3 1/4" h; Overall height of scale with bowl is 5 1/2"
• 5 Lb./2 kg capacity weighs in 1 oz./25 g increments
• 1.6 Qt. capacity bowl
• Computer calibrated for accuracy

Product Description

Used for bread rising and serving (not for baking) the Brotform is crafted from natural cane, hand woven in Austria just as it was 100 years ago. The baskets will give better rise, great texture, a crunchy crust and a beautiful coil pattern to bread you make at home. They are also very attractive baskets for serving bakery-bought bread as well, lending an air of authenticity to your table. ... Read more

Features

• Natural cane
• 18" L x 4" W x 2 1/4" H
• Hand wash
• Not for baking
• Crafted in Austria

Amazon.com Review

This traditional bread rising basket lets you bring a taste of Europe into your kitchen. Just dust the basket with flour, put your kneaded dough in, and watch it rise. The natural cane coils shape and decorate the loaf the old-fashioned way. When it's done rising, remove it from the basket and pop it in the oven. The final result? A country bread with a great texture and crunchy crust. To remove any remaining flour, simply tap the basket on the counter. The only other maintenance is an occasional hand washing in warm water. This sturdy basket, 13 by 5-1/2 inches, is even attractive enough to double as a serving piece for outdoor meals and entertaining. --Irene Svete ... Read more

Features

• Natural cane
• 13" L x 6" W x 3 1/4" H
• Hand wash
• Not for baking
• Crafted in Austria

Reviews (3)

Getting the loaf to the oven
Transfer the risen loaf directly from the Frieling basket form to the oven stone (or to an oven peel if you are baking in a brick bread oven.) If you don't let the loaf rise more than it is supposed to it will not collapse when you do this transfer it. It is also customary to then slash the now floured and coiled top of the loaf with a very sharp razor blade (or french lame) 1/2" deep to allow for a spring of the loaf in the oven. Again, if you let the loaf rise until a thumb print remains in the dough it is past the point it should be.

I don't use any water on these baskets. After the basket has air dried, just brush the flour out of the groves with a vegtable cleaning brush to keep the deeply coiled look to a loaf. Dust with flour before using it again.

An excellent Bread making Tool!
After mixing your dough and letting it rise the first time, this basket helps shape the dough into a perfect loaf, with an interesting pattern on the crust. My first loaf with this basket turned out perfectly. It is much easier than hand shaping a loaf, and much more rustic/natural than using a loaf pan. The natural coils shape and decorate the loaf the old-fashioned way. When it's done rising, carefully remove it from the basket and care fully put it on a pre-heated bread stone in the oven. The loaves look and taste great. this particular basket shape is great for making sandwich bread. I make almost all of my bread with one of these woven baskets. It is so convenient, and the bread lookks and tastes great.

Just a question
I have been wondering about this tool: if you raise the bread in this basket, how do you remove it to "pop it on the over" without making it fall? It simply won't work. It must be cooked in the raising pan. ... Read more

Product Description

Used for bread rising and serving (not for baking) the Brotform is crafted from natural cane, hand woven in Austria just as it was 100 years ago. The baskets will give better rise, great texture, a crunchy crust and a beautiful coil pattern to bread you make at home. They are also very attractive baskets for serving bakery-bought bread as well, lending an air of authenticity to your table. ... Read more

Features

• Natural cane
• 16" L x 5 3/4" W x 3 1/8" H
• Hand wash
• Not for baking
• Crafted in Austria

Amazon.com Review

This traditional bread rising basket lets you bring a taste of Europe into your kitchen. Just dust the 8-inch round basket with flour, put your kneaded dough in, and watch it rise. The natural cane coils shape and decorate the loaf the old-fashioned way. When it's done rising, remove it from the basket and pop it in the oven. The final result? A country bread with a great texture and crunchy crust. To remove any remaining flour, simply tap the basket on the counter. The only other maintenance is an occasional hand washing in warm water. This sturdy basket is even attractive enough to double as a serving piece for outdoor meals and entertaining. --Irene Svete ... Read more

Features

• Hand wash in warm water
• Ideal for making European-style hearth breads at home
• 1-pound round loaf basket
• Doubles as a serving piece
• Made of natural cane, handwoven in Austria

Reviews (3)

Functional and aesthetic
Yes, these bannetons do lend an interesting look to the loaf of bread, but its function is its value to bakers. It was/is used primarily for breads leavened with a natural yeast/bacterial culture. Breads made with these cultures ferment over a long period of time, and produce acids and alcohol which weaken the gluten structure of the bread. This results in a flatter loaf. These baskets are used to support the shape of a round loaf in the case of this round 'boule' basket. The loaf is turned out and immediately slid on a stone (or pan) and baked, scored or not. The idea of cleaning them is not very practical. I have used them for years and never clean them. If they build up too much flour, I use a paring knife to scrape out the dried bits in the grooves and start over. It is kind of like seasoning an iron skillet. If you don't get it wet and reuse it with the flour in it, your bread will stick less and less each time, until you can simply invert the dough onto your peel with no coaxing. This allows you to bake using much wetter doughs. So, my rating is a 5 star, because of its essential function for perfect loaves on pain au levain boules.

Traditional tool now available in the US
The bread basket was a traditional European tool used to form breadloaves. Often, a design is impressed into the bottom of the form, to identify the loaves that go into a community oven. (Or the housewife would inscribe a family symbol with a few slashes, before taking it to the village baker's oven.)

To use this form, you flour it, then dump your dough in for the last rising. Then turn it out upside down on a baking sheet strewn with coarse pumpernickel meal or cornmeal, slash your loaf if desired with a bread razor and bake. You can glaze the top with egg white and water and sprinkle with seeds. Brushing with cold coffee will give you a dark crust. The form is especially useful for sticky sourdough rye breads,which are hard to hand form.

In Europe, the natural cane has been replaced by plastic forms in commercial bakeries, as natural cane is hard to sanitize. And here is the reason I give 4 and not 5 stars to this product. While absolutely traditional, it is a bit hard to clean. As you probably know, wetting an item that has been floured makes for a sticky mess, and wood or cane is porous and a bit hard to clean.

Nonetheless, this is a welcome tool to have if you make your own Tuscan style Italian loaves, German Rye or other hearty, round loaves of homemade bread. If you own a breadmaker, you can always mix your dough in it on the dough cycle, and take it out without doing the baking cycle. This way, you can get excellent kneading and rising of difficult doughs like rye and 100 percent whole wheat, and still have the traditional and attractive round loaf rather than the squarish form from the breadmaker.

BETTER THAN SLICED BREAD!
After mixing your dough and letting it rise the first time, this basket helps shape the dough into a perfect loaf, with an interesting pattern on the crust. My first loaf with this basket turned out perfectly. It is much easier than hand shaping a loaf, and much more rustic/natural than using a loaf pan. The natural coils shape and decorate the loaf the old-fashioned way. When it's done rising, carefully remove it from the basket and care fully put it on a pre-heated bread stone in the oven. The loaves look and taste great. ... Read more

Product Description

Used for bread rising and serving (not for baking) the Brotform is crafted from natural cane, hand woven in Austria just as it was 100 years ago. The baskets will give better rise, great texture, a crunchy crust and a beautiful coil pattern to bread you make at home. They are also very attractive baskets for serving bakery-bought bread as well, lending an air of authenticity to your table. ... Read more

Features

• Natural cane
• 11 1/4" Diameter x 3 3/4" H
• Hand wash
• Not for baking
• Crafted in Austria

Product Description

How it all got started we may never know, but the Swiss are really good at measuring things. With the accuracy and dependability of a Swiss watch, this scale weighs your ingredients in one ounce increments. For portion control, bread baking and assorted other kitchen tasks, you'll appreciate the exact calibration of a superior scale. ... Read more

Features

• 11 Lb. weight capacity
• Weighs in 1 oz. increments, add 'n' weigh feature
• Durable plastic
• Upper rack dishwasher safe 2 1/2 quart bowl with pouring spout and non-slip base
• 1 Year Warranty