Ciabatta
Ciabatta

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, ciabatta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ciabatta is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Ciabatta is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Ciabatta bread is a classic Italian style bread that translates to mean "slipper bread" due to the shape of the loaves. Ciabatta is a soft and chewy bread made with a biga, which gives great flavor. This ciabatta, meaning "slipper," which the loaves resemble, is a classic Italian bread.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ciabatta using 11 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Ciabatta:
  1. Prepare Biga
  2. Take 175 grams strong white flour
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
  4. Prepare 200 ml warm water
  5. Prepare dough
  6. Get 325 grams strong white flour
  7. Prepare 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
  8. Take 1/2 tsp sugar
  9. Take 8 grams salt
  10. Take 80 ml water
  11. Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil

This is something I love about this bread. Ciabatta means 'slipper' in Italian and describes the appearance of this oval, flattish yeast bread with an open texture and a crisp, floury crust. Ciabatta is often used as the base for bruschetta. A ciabatta is an Italian yeast-leavened artisan and hearth-type bread made with a lean formula.

Steps to make Ciabatta:
  1. Mix together the biga ingredients thoroughly and leave covered for 12 hours
  2. Dissolve the salt in the water and add the dough ingredients to the biga (salty water last) - mixing well
  3. Continue mixing until a wet dough is formed.
  4. Stretch and fold the dough with oiled hands for 5-10 minutes
  5. Leave to autolyse for 30 mins
  6. Stretch and fold again for another 5 minutes.
  7. Leave to prove for another hour. You can repeat the stretching and leaving process several times if needed to get workable dough.
  8. When dough is very soft and has increased substantially in volume (and feels light and airy) - divide into two pieces
  10. Stretch into rectangles approx 1 inch thick and place on oiled baking trays (or one big tray).
  11. Sprinkle dough generously with flour
  12. Cover and leave to prove for another hour
  13. Bake at 200°C for 25-30 mins until golden, crisp and sounds hollow underneath when tapped.
  14. Allow to cool for at least 15 mins before cutting.

The flour's high water absorption level is the basis for ciabatta's dough stickiness and weakness, giving it. Authentic Italian ciabatta bread recipe or Slipper Bread originally from the Veneto made with an overnight starter & cooked on a pizza stone. This easy recipe for Ciabatta Bread will give you a rustic Italian bread with just the use of a stand mixer. No kneading is required for this classic ciabatta bread. Sourdough ciabatta not only has a lovely flavor, it is an excellent vehicle for some of my favorite foods.

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