Cozy Soup and Homemade Bread from Jacques Ppin | KQED

Carb fans, you are in for a real treat in this week's episode of Today's Gourmet. Jacques Pépin prepares garbure, a cozy French stew made with ham, navy beans, and a host of hearty vegetables including leek, potato, cabbage, and parsnip. The soup is wonderful, but most of this episode is dedicated to the art of homemade bread. As usual, Jacques not only tells us how to do something, but why. Along the way, you'll learn which flour to use for which type of bread, how to make a starter, the best way to shape dough, and more. For dessert, Jacques prepares a light fruit dish with pureed cantaloupe, Grand Marnier, honey, and pineapple. In This Episode: 00:00: How to Make French Ham and Vegetable Soup (Garbure) 2:24 Jacques Pepin explains the science behind bread. 5:29 Different types of flour for different loaves of bread 5:55 How to make bread 18:18 Cantaloupe dessert recipe Today's Gourmet with Jacques Pépin - Full episode Season 3, Episode 315,