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Artisanal Doughs and Oven Alchemy
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Across
  • 1. Natural fermenting agent predating modern yeast cultures
  • 2. Chemical rise—carbon dioxide release in dough matrix
  • 5. Traditional chamber baked by timber’s smoky breath
  • 9. Coarse durum wheat flour prized for crust crunch
  • 11. Rustic country loaf named after an ancient family
  • 12. Master of the pie, guardian of the dough flame
  • 14. Technique of spreading dough with precise, gentle hands
Down
  • 3. Unusual hybrid: cheese-themed bread nomenclature (compound French bread reference)
  • 4. Biochemical process unlocking gluten’s elastic potential
  • 6. The act of dough rising, a bakery’s breath of life
  • 7. Italian term for the dough mixture before shaping
  • 8. Network of bubbles that define crumb structure finesse
  • 10. Milanese sweet bread with candied fruit and butterfat
  • 13. Crustacean-inspired name sometimes given to crunchy breads (cryptic pun on crust and ‘crostacei’)
  • 15. Tool wielded to launch pies into blazing hearths

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