Mocha-Chocolate French Bread
- 200 grams French Bread flour (Semi-strong bread flour)
- 1 (if unavailable, use strong bread flour + cake flour)
- 4 grams Sugar
- 3 grams Salt
- 2 grams Instant dry yeast
- 140 grams Water (During the cold months, use lukewarm water)
- 3 grams Instant coffee
- 7 grams Sugarless cocoa powder
- 40 grams Beer of your choice
- 40 grams Chocolate chips
- In a bowl, lightly mix together the powdered ingredients (everything except the water, beer, and chocolate chips) with a whisk.
- Add the water and beer into Step 1 and mix until no longer floury.
- Let sit for 20 minutes and then punch it 3 times (bring the dough together from the outside to the inside as if folding it).
- The photo shows the dough after the third punch.
- Let the bread rise until about double in size.
- (The photo shows the dough after rising for 30 minutes using the oven's bread function).
- Divide into 2 and fold each into thirds.
- Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Place the seam from folding on the bottom and use your hands to punch the dough and spread it out.
- Place the chocolate (chips) on top and embed them in by lightly pushing.
- Fold over half of the dough.
- Fold the dough over 3/4 of the way by using your thumb to hold down the previously folded edge from Step 7.
- When finished folding, tightly close the seam use a folded cloth to make wall in the middle.
- Dust the cloth with flour (unlisted) while completing this step.
- Let it rise a second time until about 1.5 times larger.
- Preheat the oven while waiting for the second rising to complete.
- Preheat the oven to the highest available temperature for 20 minutes.
- Move the dough to a sheet of parchment paper and dust with joshinko (not listed).
- Cut out some pieces of dough on the top to make notches.
- When the oven has finished preheating, thoroughly spray the dough with water and place on the topmost rack in the oven.
- Tip: Close the oven door and let it sit for 3 minutes.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 240C.
- Lower the temperature to 200C and bake for another 15 minutes.
flour, bread flour, sugar, salt, yeast, water, coffee, cocoa powder, your choice, chocolate chips
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/169539-mocha-chocolate-french-bread (may not work)