

A lame in this style is used to create the classic almond-shaped slashes on baguettes and other French loaves of bread.

If you want the classic crescent cuts on baguettes, you’ll need to use a curved lame like this one by Mure & Peyrot. Best bread lame for baguettes Curved Lame You hold the lame closer to the dough, which makes it easier to perfect each stroke. Make sure to score deep enough, from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch deep, erring on the later. It’s also difficult to be precise with the cuts, as a knife blade is much longer and harder to maneuver. A regular knife does not move as swiftly through the dough, and drags. Many home bakers are using this style at the moment to score bread art masterpieces. Do not use a knife to score sourdough, use a bread lame. I prefer the pen-shaped stick design as they are what I’m used to, but I can see why others love this design. These round cutters are very popular for creating pretty bread designs with accuracy.
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Best bread lame for intricate designs UFO Round Bakers Lame Bread Lame,Bread Knife,Bread Slashing Tool,Dough Making Slasher Tools for Scoring Sourdough Bread Easily,Bread Bakers Professional Baking Tool with Leather Protective Cover and 5 Blades Included. It’s the easiest to hold, its blue colour makes it hard to lose (yes, that can be a problem!), and I can make any cuts with ease. Despite this one being my beginner’s choice, I find the lightweight design of the Bordelaise Grignette the best. Mure and Peyrot are the industry standard for professional baker lame’s.

So, they naturally do a better job than kitchen knives during the process. You'll be doing well if you use up a pack of blades in a year!īONUS. Riccle Bread Lame Slashing Tool, Dough Scoring Knife with 15 Razor Blades and Storage Cover. Bread lames are specially designed to score bread. One blade edge will score 50 loaves, so a double edged razor blade will score 100 loaves, and the pack of 5 blades, 500 loaves. You are purchasing ONE Lame knife of your choice which includes a pack of 5 double sided coated stainless steel razor blades. The loaf expands where you score, thus preventing it expanding anywhere else causing the loaf to become mis-shapen and looking amateurish! The scores (cuts) you make, beside giving the finished loaf an attractive appearance, controls where the loaf expands when baking. Bread Lame knives are bread dough cutting knives (which use the double edged thin razor blades) for scoring the proven loaf before it is placed into the oven.
