Oval Proofing Basket and Liner

America’s Test Kitchen says: “Our favorite round and oval bannetons and their corresponding round and oval liners are made by Breadtopia.”

Made by a small Indonesian handcraft company that specializes in rattan furniture and baskets who are now employing a group of native artisans to make these proofing baskets by hand from the incredible quality rattan supplied by local farmers.

How to Use: Dust the proofing basket with flour and the risen dough drops easily onto your baking surface. For proofing very wet doughs, as called for with the popular no knead bread recipes, for example, the optional cloth liner (see below) is the simplest solution. Working flour (rice flour is particularly effective) into the cloth liner will release wet dough.