Fougasse

Fougasse (Shelly Bay Baker on Facebook)

Sam folding the dough (Simon Morton/RNZ)

The final dough after the poolish is added (Simon Morton/RNZ)

Sam shaping and cutting the fougasse before putting in the oven (RNZ)

Rolling the fougasse before cutting and backing (RNZ)

The characteristic leaf shaped fougasse ready for some final TLC before baking (RNZ)

Brushing the fougasse with olive oil and dusting with sea salt and rosemary (RNZ)

The finished article ready for baking (RNZ)

Out of the oven and ready for tasting! (RNZ)

Fougasse (flickr user Sharon Mollerus CC BY 2.0)

Some of Sam's bread (Shelly Bay Baker Facebook)