Pain Complet

Whole Wheat Bread

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Preparation info
  • Approximately

    3½ pounds

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pâtisserie & Baking Foundations

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2012

  • About

Pain complet, or the English “whole wheat bread,” refers to breads that are partly or wholly created using whole wheat flour. Whole wheat flours are unrefined, which means they use all parts of the wheat grain. These parts include the endosperm, bran, and germ of the wheat grain as opposed to just the endosperm used in refined white flour. This makes these breads much more nutritious, as many of the vitamins as well as the fiber and proteins are lost during the refining process. This flour