Ciabatta
Ciabatta

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ciabatta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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.

Ciabatta is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Ciabatta is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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

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