Great Canadian Baking Show Season 4 Episode 2 recap: No knead to stress

Which baker’s dough will rise to the occasion in the GCBS tent this week

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It’s bread week on The Great Canadian Baking Show and there is nothing better than a fresh loaf of bread still warm from the oven. Bread is my ultimate vice, so I was excited to see what the remaining nine bakers would be conjuring up throughout the episode.

There are three things I personally look for in a great loaf of bread…

1. The chew: Chewy bread is typically flavourful bread.
2. Air pockets: Essential to give (most types of) bread volume and bounce.
3. The flavour: You should be able to smell the bread before you taste it.

With that, let the bread making begin!

Signature Bake

This week’s Signature Bake is all about Tarte Tropézienne; a rich cream-filled brioche bread sandwich created in the 1950s. It is really more of a cake than a tart or bread, but delicious-looking nonetheless.

Fun fact: Actress Brigitte Bardot actually came…