Breads for every day at METRO
Just a quick
glance at METRO’s Breads & Sweet Things counter is
enough to convince you of the quality, freshness and great variety
of wholesome products just waiting to be enjoyed.
The first thing you will notice is the wonderful aroma of fresh
baked breads of all kinds … whole wheat, flax seed, multi-grain,
olive oil, cheese, enriched white bread with cinnamon, raisins,
fruits, nuts… For breakfast, lunch or dinner, there’s bread for
everyone, anytime, all the time!
Your METRO bakery experts are proud of the consistent quality of
their products. The secret is simple: deal with the best suppliers,
buy only top-quality ingredients and conduct regular taste testing
to provide customers with the best quality-to-price ratio in the
business.
Give
in to temptation: A selection of artisan breads awaits you at your
Metro bakery!
A wide selection of Irresistibles artisan breads is
available at your Metro bakery. These breads, made without
preservatives and using top quality ingredients, are a delicious
addition to our line of Metro brand breads.
Cooking in a hearth oven gives Irresistibles breads
their unique character and richness: a cream-coloured, moist,
light, airy texture and a golden, crackly crust.
It takes time…
The secret to top quality breads like Irresistibles
breads is the meticulous choice of ingredients such as premium
quality, unbleached, unprocessed flour and sea salt. A long
fermentation period is the only way to truly do justice to the
flavour of these refined ingredients. The quality of the bread –
taste, texture, preservation and digestibility – is directly
proportional to the length of the fermentation process. The shorter
the fermentation period (requiring a higher amount of yeast), the
less flavourful the bread and the quicker it will go stale.
Is your mouth watering yet? During your next visit to Metro,
explore our varieties of Irresistibles breads
including Parisian, Ciabatta, Belgian and multigrain Belgian,
baguette and round bread.
Baguette 101
Long, thin, golden and crusty, the baguette, emblematic of
France, was first introduced as “festive” bread. In the past,
French bakers would bake large country breads with dense crumb that
would keep for several days so that people would not have to run to
the bakery every day.
The modest size of the baguette, between 200 and 250 grams, was
designed as a daily food product to be eaten within 24 hours of
purchase. You should never complain that a baguette does not stay
fresh very long: it was never meant to keep more than a day.
The size of a baguette can vary but basically the dough is rolled
and stretched to form a long stick about 70cm long and 6cm in
diameter. The top is usually slashed diagonally five or six times
before the bread is placed in the oven.
The perfect baguette has a regular, well-developed shape, crisp
golden crust, pleasant taste and it will stay nice and fresh …for
one whole day!
Culinary tips and advice
- To give new life to stale, crusty bread, simply sprinkle a little water on it, wrap it in foil and place it in a 195ºC (375º F) oven for five minutes. The crust will become crisp again and the inside crumb nice and moist!
- In the morning, make your sandwiches with frozen slices of bread. Your food will stay cool and be ready to eat by lunchtime!