Despite changing eating habits, bread has remained the French people’s favorite food.
It accompanies dishes or becomes the basis of sandwich breads, allowing it to be prepared and consumed quickly. However, when stored outdoors, it quickly loses its softness, becomes stale and dehydrated.
You find it difficult to buy bread from the bakery every day and you don’t want food to be wasted. So here’s a tip that will help you store bread for longer than two weeks.
White bread, wholemeal bread, rye bread… and of course the baguette! There is a type of bread for almost every need.
You can’t buy bread every day, but you want to keep it longer. That’s why you chose sliced and wrapped bread that offers nice square toasts. And still the problem: in three or four days, when you’ve eaten half of the bread…
You have to throw it away! The mold penetrated the crust and began to attack the crumb. There is a risk of food poisoning. Don’t worry, here’s a tip on how to keep it going for up to two weeks, if not longer!
How do you keep bread for as long as possible?
To preserve your bread, you have tried many methods. Starting with the bread bin. The fresh bread can easily be put in a cloth, but it won’t last longer than three days. So you tried freezing…
Defrosted bread is moister and, on the contrary, within a few hours it dries out. You wanted to move on to making homemade bread… Equipping yourself with a new food processor wasn’t your main concern.
You chose sandwich bread, packaged, sliced and whole wheat. From now on, pay attention to the expiration date. So it lasts about six days… It is possible to go beyond this short period.
– Drying out and mold disappear and your bread lasts for a long time
To do this, you need to leave your bread in the fridge. The low temperature limits the proliferation of bacteria. The bread retains its softness in a plastic bag. However, the moisture from the bread tends to condense on the plastic, which can lead to mold formation.
So take a pair of scissors and make openings in the top and bottom of the bag. A few small holes so that the bread can just “breathe”.
You will be surprised that your sliced bread will last longer than two weeks! Likewise for breads of the same variety in a family version that you always have on hand for surprise visits or overnight stays…
How do I properly store bread and other foods in the refrigerator?
In a “static cold” refrigerator, good food preservation requires choosing the right place to store your food.
Your bread won’t go into the “vegetable drawer”, which is above 6°C and moist. Not even in the highest zone, the “fresh zone”, where dairy products, cooked vegetables, cooked meat and fish are placed.
In the intermediate zone, the so-called “cold zone”, between 0 and 4 °C, your packaged bread has a long shelf life. Place it in a ventilated refrigerator wherever you like.
If the cold limits the exponential development of bacteria, this is all short-lived. It is important to establish certain rules for the refrigerator.
Raw meat, no longer than 24 hours! Likewise egg-based preparations. Packaged cooked meat, opened can of milk or cream: no longer than 3 days.
You store and consume your products in the correct order. Also make sure it is well packaged with cling film or special boxes.
It is possible to store the bread in a plastic package and in the refrigerator for more than two weeks. To store it, place it in a “cold zone,” that is, a clean and tidy refrigerator.
Not all breads keep equally well
It is important to know that white, country and gluten-free breads have a shorter shelf life due to their composition.
This also applies to pre-sliced sliced bread. For longer storage it is possible to freeze them. To preserve your bread, it is recommended to store it at a temperature between 14° and 18°.