Ciabatta Bread
Ciabatta Bread

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, ciabatta bread. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ciabatta Bread is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Ciabatta Bread is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Dough will be quite sticky and wet once cycle is completed; resist the temptation to add more flour. Bread flour - this is essential for the sturdy texture of this bread. Yeast - you can use instant or active dry yeast.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook ciabatta bread using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ciabatta Bread:
  1. Prepare For The Sponge
  2. Take (1) Cup flour
  3. Make ready (1/8) Tsp yeast
  4. Take (1/2) Cup water
  5. Prepare For The Dough
  6. Get (2) Cups flour
  7. Make ready (1 1/2) Tsp salt
  8. Take (1/2) Tsp yeast
  9. Take (3/4) Cup water room temperature
  10. Get (1/4) Cup milk room temperature

We agreed that this is the best bread we've EVER had! The first loaf was gobbled before the second one came out of the oven! :) Can't wait to make it again!! Note: The dough will be VERY sticky - do not add more flour. Make the Dough: Place the sponge and the dough ingredients (flour, salt, yeast, water and milk) in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.

Instructions to make Ciabatta Bread:
  1. Make the Sponge. Combine sponge ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap. Let sit for 8-12 hours.
  2. Make the Dough. Combine the Sponge and the dough ingredients in a mixer bowl. Mix with paddle attachment for 2 minutes on low. Continue mixing on medium for another 4 minutes.
  3. Change to Dough hook and knead for about 10 minutes.
  4. Transfer dough to a large bowl and and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
  5. Using a greased spatula, fold dough over into it self. By lifting and folding toward the center. Turn the bowl 90 degrees and fold again. Repeat this step 6 more times.
  6. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise 30 minutes.
  7. Repeat the folding steps again. Cover and let rise again 30 minutes.
  8. Place baking stone on middle rack in oven. Pre heat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
  9. Tare off 2 pieces of wax paper about 12 inches x 12 inches. Flour lightly. Turn dough on to a floured surface. Lightly dust the top with flour. Devide dough in half. With floured hands shape each loaf into about a 11x6 rectangle. Place each loaf on the wax paper. Lightly flour the tops. Gently cover them with plastic wrap. Let rise 30 minutes.
  10. Slide the wax paper with the loaves onto a pizza peel. Remove plastic wrap. Spray the loaves with water. Slide the loaves still on wax paper onto baking stone. In the first 5 minutes of baking spray the loaves 2 more times.
  11. Bake for 25 to 28 minutes. Until brown.
  12. Transfer loaves to a wire cooling rack. Discarding the wax paper. Let cool 1 hour. Enjoy!

The following formula results in four large ciabatta. I baked these in two batches of two in my home oven. When baking the first two, I placed the remaining two in the fridge on a proofing board, still held at the sides by a couche (to retain shape). This bread is originally from the North of Italy, from the Province of Rovigo in Veneto Region. It is a flat, elongated bread with a light texture.

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