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Boule from the French for ball is a traditional shape of French bread resembling a squashed ball. It is a rustic loaf shape that can be made of any type of flour. A boule can be leavened with commercial yeast chemical leavening or even wild yeast sourdough. The name of this bread is the reason a bread baker is referred to as a boulanger in French and a bread bakery a boulangerie.
