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Let me show you how to knead a dough.
To need a dough, it takes 3 steps.
The first one will be to fold the dough edge to edge.
I will show you in a second.
Then I am going to press, using my palm,
I will press to the centre of the mass and turn.
Always turn to the same side, otherwise you will undo what you have just done.
So doesn’t matter which side you are turning, but always turn to the same side.
So here I have a bread dough.
Place the dough on your working surface, ideally on a granite or marble.
Add flour if its sticky. My dough is not sticky. So I don’t need flour for now.
Press, then turn, fold edge to edge straight down.
Press in the centre. And turn. I have some dry ingredients here.
I am going to add. So, step 1. Fold the dough edge to edge and straight down.
Ok. Then using the palm of your hand, press to the centre of the mass, then turn.
So I am turning to the left side.
Doesn’t matter which side but always turn to the same side.
And fold again, press, turn. And you keep doing so.
Put a little bit of flour on your hand.
So now, I am kneading my dough until it becomes very smooth and elastic.
And not too dry. It should be slightly sticky, you know.
Knead the dough for about 10 minutes.
I know. At least 5. But 10 minutes, it’s a good number.
It’s going to be your work out.
You don’t have to suffer; you know when you are making dough.
If it’s your first time, then do it by hand, like I am doing now.
Otherwise use technology in the future, that will be after your graduation.
You may use a stand mixer. During that time, you can have a glass of wine. It’s easy.
The dough can become sticky little bit. Little bit of flour.
Not much though. Great. My dough is almost done.
Let’s have a look. So pretty smooth.
Now, I am working to the key.
By kneading the dough the way I just showed you, you know- step 1 fold,
press to the centre of the mass, turn to one side and keep going.
You have felt something that you didn’t even think about.
So when you make the dough like this, that will be your belly button.
This is called the key of the dough. Have you ever wondered-
you make the perfect dough, what you think; you wrap it,
you let it rest in the fridge. When you roll it, it breaks.
Then you are like, ohh! Why?
Because when you arrive at a point, you realise that you are missing pieces,
so you have a problem.
Well the reason your dough will do this is because you had 1, 2 and 3 keys.
Now, if you knead the dough the way I showed you,
you will have only one key right in the centre.
You place it on your board, you will roll it
and your dough will become perfectly round and nice.
So then you will avoid all the outside keys. Is that easy?