Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ciabatta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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. 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 one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Ciabatta is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have ciabatta using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ciabatta:
- Get For the starter
- Prepare 350 g flour
- Prepare 180 ml warm water
- Make ready 5 g fresh yeast or 3g dry yeast
- Take For the dough
- Get 450 g flour
- Prepare 10 g fresh yeast or 5g dry yeast
- Prepare 340 ml warm water
- Make ready 50 ml olive oil
- Prepare Pinch salt
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. This soft, chewy ciabatta with huge pockets in the crumb is an absolute dream!
Steps to make Ciabatta:
- Activate the yeast in warm water and mix the starter ingredients and let proof overnight
- Mix all the dough ingredients with the starter (except the water and oil) those go in last
- Knead the dough for 8 minutes in a mixer and let proof for 1hour 30 minutes
- Transfer to a clean floured surface and make desired shape
- Rest the dough for another 40 minutes
- Cover with a damp towel and bake for 20 minutes at 220°c
The night before, make the biga (see tip, below). DH and I buy at least one loaf a week of ciabatta and eat it with olive oil. I finally decided to see it I could make a better bread than the brands. Cut lengthwise, ciabatta makes a wonderful Italian-style sandwich. Ciabatta is the shape of a ciabatta because there's not much else you can do with it.
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