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| Type | Bread shape |
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| Place of origin | France |
Boule, fromFrench, meaning "ball", is a traditional shape ofFrench bread resembling a squashedball. A boule can be made using any type offlour and can beleavened with commercial yeast, chemical leavening, or even wild yeast (sourdough). The name of this rustic loaf shape is the reason the French call bread bakers"boulangers" and bread bakeries"boulangeries".[1]
This bread is found especially in the regions of eastern France, such asBurgundy andFranche-Comté where a small town bears the name ofBoulot.[2]
Boule bread appears in certainRenaissance paintings by theDutch painterDieric Bouts.[3] A representation of Boule bread can be appreciated in thestill life works of the Spanish painterLuis Eugenio Meléndez (1716-1780), and also in the works of the French painterJean-Baptiste Chardin.[3]
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