Ciabatta
Ciabatta

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ciabatta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ciabatta is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Ciabatta is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

This ciabatta, meaning "slipper," which the loaves resemble, is a classic Italian bread. This ciabatta recipe for traditional Italian bread is made the authentic way with a biga, or starter, and turns out a loaf. Typical ciabatta is made with a large percentage of high gluten flour, but I like to keep this as low as The following formula results in four large ciabatta.

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

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

This is something I love about this bread. 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. Ciabatta bread is a classic Italian style bread that translates to mean "slipper bread" due to the shape of the loaves.

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 pieces1. Stretch into rectangles approx 1 inch thick and place on oiled baking trays (or one big tray).
  9. Sprinkle dough generously with flour
  10. Cover and leave to prove for another hour
  11. Bake at 200°C for 25-30 mins until golden, crisp and sounds hollow underneath when tapped.
  12. Allow to cool for at least 15 mins before cutting.

Ciabatta is a soft and chewy bread made with a biga, which gives great flavor. The night before, make the biga (see tip, below). Authentic Italian ciabatta bread recipe or Slipper Bread originally from the Veneto made with an overnight starter & cooked on a pizza stone.

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