CIABATTA
Take five minutes today to make the starter, also called sponge, and tomorrow you can bake two loaves of this marvelous, slightly sour, rustic Italian bread that has a hearty crust.
Provided by Benoit Hogue
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes White Bread Recipes
Time P1DT1h
Yield 15
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- To Make Sponge: In a small bowl stir together 1/8 teaspoon of the yeast and the warm water and let stand 5 minutes, or until creamy. In a bowl stir together yeast mixture, 1/3 cup of the water, and 1 cup of the bread flour. Stir 4 minutes, then cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let sponge stand at cool room temperature for at least 12 hours and up to 1 day.
- To Make Bread: In a small bowl stir together yeast and milk and let stand 5 minutes, or until creamy. In bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with dough hook blend together milk mixture, sponge, water, oil, and flour at low speed until flour is just moistened; add salt and mix until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Scrape dough into an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let dough rise at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours. (Dough will be sticky and full of air bubbles.) Turn dough out onto a well-floured work surface and cut in half. Transfer each half to a parchment sheet and form into an irregular oval about 9 inches long. Dimple loaves with floured fingers and dust tops with flour. Cover loaves with a dampened kitchen towel. Let loaves rise at room temperature until almost doubled in bulk, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- At least 45 minutes before baking ciabatta, put a baking stone on oven rack in lowest position in oven and preheat oven to 425 F (220 degrees C).
- Transfer 1 loaf on its parchment to a rimless baking sheet with a long side of loaf parallel to far edge of baking sheet. Line up far edge of baking sheet with far edge of stone or tiles, and tilt baking sheet to slide loaf with parchment onto back half of stone or tiles. Transfer remaining loaf to front half of stone in a similar manner. Bake ciabatta loaves 20 minutes, or until pale golden. Cool loaves on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 96.1 calories, Carbohydrate 17.6 g, Cholesterol 0.2 mg, Fat 1.3 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 0.2 g, Sodium 234.5 mg, Sugar 0.2 g
ITALIAN CIABATTA
This recipe produces an extremely light, air pocket-riddled loaf, wonderful for dunking in soup or splitting lengthwise, to make a sandwich. The bread begins with an overnight biga (starter), which improves both this simple loaf's texture, and its taste.. The use of a biga will also increase the loaf's shelf life. I found this recipe on King Arthur Flour's site while researching baking with poolish and biga (starters). Time includes prefermentation and rise. NOTE: I experimented and baked one loaf (the one on the right in photo) as directed and the other (loaf on the left) I baked it covered in a Romanetopf Clay Pot. Flavor was very similar but definitely preferred the crust of the loaf that was baked in the clay pot.
Provided by Galley Wench
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 15h45m
Yield 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- BIGA (Italian Starter):.
- Mix the biga ingredients, in a small bowl until well combinedL.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rest for up to 15 hours.
- It will expand and become bubbly so leave room in the bowl for it to expand.
- CIABATTA DOUGH:.
- Place all of the dough ingredients together with the biga into the bowl of your mixer or bread pan of your bread machine.
- Beat at medium speed (mixer) using the flat.beater (not dough hook), for 5-8 minutes.
- The dough will never completely clear the sides of the bowl, though it'll begin to acquire some shape. The dough will be very wet.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and allow the dough to rise for 1-1 1/2 hours; it will get very puffy.
- Midway through the rising period, gently deflate the dough and turn it over in the bowl; this will help it rise, and will also strengthen its gluten, making it easier to shape.
- (Note: If using the dough cycle on bread mahine, check the consistency after 10 minutes (it should be very tacky, but should be holding its shape somewhat), adding more flour or water s needed. Midway through the rising period, gently deflate the dough and turn it over in the bowl; this will help it rise, and will also strengthen its gluten, making it easier to shape. Allow the dough to rest an additional 30 minutes after the dough cycle ends).
- Which ever method you use. your dough will be wet and sticky, but don't worry, it's suppose to look like that.
- Transfer the dough to a well-oiled work surface.
- Lightly grease a large cookie sheet, and your hands.
- Using a bench knife or your fingers, divide the dough in half.
- Handling the dough gently,; stretch it into a log about10-inches long, and place it on the baking sheet.
- Flatten the log with your fingers till it's about is about 10 inches long and 4-5 inches wide.
- Repeat with the remaining piece of dough.
- Lightly cover the dough with heavily oiled plastic wrap, and allow it to rise for 1 hour.
- Oil your fingers, and gently poke deep holes all over the dough.
- Re-oil the plastic wrap, re-cover the dough, and allow it to rise for an additional hour.
- At this point, the dough will be very puffy; it should jiggle like gelatin when you very gently shake it.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Spray the loaves very heavily with water, and dust them lightly with flour (if desired).
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until they're golden brown.
- Turn off the oven, remove the ciabatta from the baking sheet, and return them to the oven, propping the oven door open a couple of inches.
- Allow the ciabatta to cool completely in the oven; this will give them a very crisp crust.
- Your bread should have large, irregular holes, ideal for trapping the olive oil/balsamic drizzle.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 830.9, Fat 15.5, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 0.8, Sodium 1772.4, Carbohydrate 148.1, Fiber 5.6, Sugar 4.5, Protein 21.7
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