L'Hirondelle French Fresh Yeast 12 x 42g Blocks

I love this product. I have been baking bread for nearly fifty years and this is the only yeast for me now.

It's fresh, it's active and it makes an excellent loaf of bread. It arrives with a cooling pack and always within a few days of placing the order. There are twelve 42gram cubes in the pack and that gives me enough for 18 loaves of bread, before I order some more. I use 4 fresh from the pack on arrival and freeze 8. They have a few hours at room temperature to bring them back to life and they then behave as if they were fresh from "Bonbouffe". I have been using this yeast for many years now since it is impossible to buy it locally. Highly recommended.

Excellent. You can freeze it for a few months but not more.

Great product. I’ve been buying this fresh yeast for a while now for my breads. I keep it in the freezer and usually cut a piece (8g) that is needed and return the rest in the freezer. It keeps well. It smells like yeast should smell and it works great both in hand kneading breads as well as bread machines (put in the bottom of your bread machine followed by dry ingredients). Very pleased with this product and would recommend it.

Very pleased with the yeast get a good rise each time will continue ordering

I have been using this yeast for years and it has been very good but my last two orders were delivered in a cardboard envelope with an inadequate amount of ice, which resulted in the yeast being warm and dead. Ended up in the bin. Shame.

Good

This is exceptional fresh yeast. It is incredibly reactive, even though I keep all of mine frozen until ready to use. It has a wonderful smell, feels excellent and it is the only yeast I use. 42g blocks I guess are a little on the large size, but I must admit I use half of one then re-freeze the other half, and I cannot detect any reduction in performance. With other frozen yeasts I find they lose their potency but this eager little colony jumps straight into my dough ready for work.