I've had several people asking me info about my bannetons, so I decided to do a blogpost about it. I got them at http://www.bannetons.com
They are made of wood pulp and pressed into a mold. I decided to get my feet wet and ordered them even though I did not know if they were any good or not. The reason why I did choose these ones instead of getting some made of cane is that I own a cane one already. I once made a loaf in it that had to retard in the fridge overnight and when I tried to remove the dough from the basket it kept on sticking into it. I had a very hard time getting the dough out of it. At bannetons.com they mention that the wood pulp ones are the most suitable for the home baker because of several reasons. One of them is that dough will not stick as easy into them unlike those made of cane.
The order was weird. The order was 'half electronic'. I'll explain : I filled in the on line form. For a few days nothing happened. After a few days I got an invoice in my snail mail mail box. I then paid with Paypal and like two days or so later the bannetons were delivered.
I tried them and are happy with the result. I usually use a mix of flour and rice flour to prevent sticking. I never had problems after overnight retarding in the fridge. So I like them a lot!
Is there anything that I do not like about the whole order process? I think that the order should be totally electronic instead of half. And I had to pay an extra fee because there is a minimum order of 20 pieces. They will ship less, after paying an extra fee.
So I wanted to share this info with you guys.
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Wow, Bart, what a cool site! You get your bannetons so much cheaper than we do in the states: when I bought 8 inch round bannetons with a 1.5 lb dough capacity, I thought I was getting quite a deal at $18 each instead of the normal $30! And that site has so much more variety than we have!
$18, that is expensive!!! Thanks for the feedback Abbey, appreciate it a lot.
Hi, I've come across this company too and am about to place an order. However, being a new baker, I find it difficult to decide on how big the baskets to get -- 0.75 or 1kg round? Any advice?
Hi Darks,
Personally, most of the time I divide the dough I make into 750 grams.
But sometimes I do feel that is just not enough...
I don't know, is bigger better?
I guess you can put 750 grams of dough into a 1Kg banneton?
Hope this helps.
Bart
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