Oval Rattan Proofing Basket

$16.00

Compatible with our OVAL proofing basket liner

America’s Test Kitchen says: “Our favorite round and oval bannetons and their corresponding round and oval liners are made by Breadtopia.”

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Proofing BasketsAt Breadtopia we have a little bit of a fetish for bread proofing baskets (also called brotforms and bannetons). So we’re constantly looking for the ultimate proofing basket and we have tried all of them. For a time our favorites had been the European-made, coiled rattan baskets that we’ve carried in our store. They are very good quality, but also a bit expensive.

We’ve looked at lower cost samples from Chinese suppliers, but the quality is noticeably inferior (both the rattan quality and the manufacturing quality) and we didn’t want to use them ourselves so that means we couldn’t sell them to you either.

The best rattan in the world comes from Indonesia. In fact, Indonesia is the world’s leading exporter of raw rattan and some of that raw Indonesian rattan is what the European proofing basket makers are using. But when an Indonesian rattan farmer is standing in his warehouse deciding which rattan to send to Slovakia and which to send next door to his brother’s basket making workshop, where do you think the best stuff goes?

Proofing BasketsAnd speaking of that basket making workshop next door, the culture of Indonesia is inextricably linked with handcrafts. Small craft shops are literally everywhere in Indonesia, and you could make a strong argument that the artisans of Indonesia (which is a huge percentage of the population) are the best in the world at making things with their hands.

All of which came together for us recently when we were very fortunate to connect with a small Indonesian handcraft company that specializes in rattan furniture and baskets who are now employing a group of native artisans to make all of our proofing baskets by hand from the incredible quality rattan supplied by local farmers.

Proofing BasketsBy working directly with our Indonesian colleagues and cutting out virtually all of the middlemen usually involved in the process (including the expense and extra carbon footprint of shipping rattan to Europe only to then ship that same rattan in basket-form to the U.S.), we are able to bring these truly exceptional quality, hand-made proofing baskets to market at much better prices than similar, machine-made coiled rattan baskets from other parts of the world.

We get great baskets at great prices and at the same time help to support a native handcraft culture engaged in producing sustainable goods. What a win-win!

The oval proofing basket is ideal for forming “country” loaves intended for baking in the Romertopf Clay Baker or the Breadtopia Baker. It will hold the desired shape of the dough during rising and make it easier to turn the risen dough into your Romertopf, Breadtopia Baker, or other hot baking surface for baking.

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Inside dimensions: 9.5″ long x 6.75″ wide at the rim. Tapering down to 7 3/4″ x 4″ at the base. Designed to accommodate up to a 2 pound loaf.

*More Capacity Range Specs:
Recipe dough weight: 1.5-2.5 lbs or 680-1130 grams
Recipe flour volume: 3-4.5 cups

Keep in mind that whether the dough is made of refined flour or whole grain flour will impact how much it expands in the basket, and if you’ve arrived at the dough weight with additions like nuts and raisins or actual dough — so the ranges above are approximations.

How to Use: Dust the proofing basket with flour and the risen dough drops easily onto your baking surface. For proofing very wet doughs, as called for with the popular no knead bread recipes, for example, the optional cloth liner (see below) is the simplest solution. Working flour (rice flour is particularly effective) into the cloth liner will release wet dough.

Care Instructions: Cleaning the Brotform proofing basket is usually just a matter of tapping it on the edge of your kitchen sink. If necessary, rinse it out with hot water with your faucet in spray mode. Shake off excess water and place upside down over still warm oven to dry quickly. Don’t use soap.

 

Oval Rattan Proofing Basket

  1. Jennifer Wagner (verified owner)

    I love this basket, makes beautiful batard loaves. I’ve purchased multiple shapes in this basket from breadtopia and they have all functioned beautifully. I prefer to use a flour sack towel as a liner and just lightly flour it.

  2. tiffany.hsu2011 (verified owner)

    This are my weekly workhorses! I use two at a time (with liners) and they’re the perfect size.

  3. laceycarrollhart (verified owner)

    I find for whatever reason, I get better spring with the particular depth and dimensions of this basket versus a few others I have. I tend to get beautiful spring and rounding on my loaves, and the quality is top-notch.

  4. jjim7394 (verified owner)

    Perfect to rise the bread in so that it fits in the clay baker just right!

  5. Bill (verified owner)

    I love the size loaf this makes. Perfect for that 500-600g (flour weight) loaf. Also, it fits perfectly into Breadtopia’s Clay Baker. PS – get the liner.

  6. Eric Helmuth

    Great basket – Very well made brotform, perfect for proofing loaves for the Romertopf clay baker. Flouring the basket (I use rice flour) works well for fairly wet doughs and for really wet doughs the optional cloth liner does the trick.

  7. Dayle Watson

    Superb basket, Great for proofing dough in and you also get a great pattern on the loaf.

    I would recommend getting the Liner too for wet dough’s,otherwise you might have a bit of cleaning to do.

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