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Artisanal Doughs and Oven Alchemy
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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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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