Ciabatta bread recipe

This recipe requires preparation in advance!

Ciabatta (carpet slipper) because of its shape, is an Italian white bread made with wheat flour and yeast. The dough for this loaf is quite wet, hence the 'collapsed' shape.

Ciabatta bread recipe

Servings:	Serves 8
Calories per serving:	231
Ready in:	15 hours, 20 minutes
Prep. time:	15 hours
Cook time:	20 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	4th July 2016

Best recipe review Surprisingly good 5/5 I didn't think these would come out as well as they did. They are like the real thing! Paul R Smith

Loaves proving

Ingredients

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• for the starter
• ½ teaspoon dried yeast
• 150 ml tepid water
• 3 tablespoons tepid milk
• ½ teaspoon honey
• 150g strong white flour
• for the dough
• ½ teaspoon dried yeast
• 350g strong white flour
• ½ teaspoon olive oil
• 200 ml water
• 1.5 teaspoons fine sea salt

Mise en place

• Make the starter first, bear in mind it will need to rest overnight in a warm place.

Method

1. Starter
2. In a very large bowl, sprinkle the yeast into 150 ml of water mixed with 3 tablespoons of milk.
3. Leave for 10 minutes then stir in the honey
4. Mix in 150 g of strong white flour to make a fairly loose batter
5. Cover with a damp tea-towel and leave in a warm place for 12 hours
6. Dough
7. In a small bowl sprinkle ½ teaspoon of dried yeast into 240 ml of tepid water, together with ½ teaspoon of olive oil. Give it a quick stir then leave for 10 minutes to dissolve
8. Add this mixture to the large bowl together with 350 g of strong white flour and 1.5 teaspoons of fine sea salt
9. Using a wooden spoon, beat this mixture for at least 5 minutes until fully combined
10. Use a silicone spatula to collect the dough residue from the edge of the bowl, cover with a damp cloth and leave for 3 hours in a warm place until doubled or trebled in size
11. Proving
12. Be very gentle at this stage as we don't to knock the dough down
13. Generously flour 2 baking sheets and have a small bowl with extra flour for your hands
14. Using a dough scraper divide the dough in two. My dough was slightly too wet so it was easier to pour the dough onto the floured sheet.
15. Using well floured hands, shape the loaf by tucking the sides under themselves until you have the classic flat elongated shape.
16. Repeat with the second loaf
17. Preheat your oven to 220° C (425° F - gas 7), [fan oven 200° C & reduce cooking time by 10 mins per hour]
18. Leave the loaves to prove for 30 minutes, during which time they will spread out more
19. Bake to 30 minutes in the middle of the pre-heated oven.
20. Allow to cool on a wire rack.

Variations

If using fresh yeast, use 2.5 g of fresh yeast for the starter and 2.5 g of fresh yeast for the dough

See also

• Ciabatta
• Ciabatta with biga
• Ciabatta_bread_(breadmaker_recipe)
• Parmesan ciabatta

Chef's notes

Using a breadmaker: Kneading this mixture with a wooden spoon was hard work to say the least. The second time I made these, I transferred the dough mixture to our Panasonic SD-ZB2502 automatic breadmaker for the kneading process. I set it to pitta bread (22) and let it run for 10 minutes, then switched it off and left for 3 hours to rise. It was easy to pour the dough onto the baking sheets, using a knife to cut the dough.

Ciabatta bread recipes

We have a number of tested ciabatta bread recipes. Some that are made entirely by hand, others where the dough is made in a breadmaking machine and then baked in an oven and some where the rising and the baking is done in a breadmaker.

Rather like a French baguette the secret to this light bread with a moist bubbly crumb is the long rise time, often with no added sugar. Using just the natural sugars found in the flour to feed the yeast .

• Ciabatta bread recipe Hand made dough, oven baked
• Ciabatta with biga Hand made ciabatta bread based on a recipe by Richard Bertinet in his book Dough
• Ciabatta bread info page
• Ciabatta loaves (breadmaker dough, oven bake) The dough is made in a breadmaker and the loaves are oven baked
• Parmesan ciabatta A parmesan flavoured ciabatta bread where the dough is made in the breadmaker and the loaves are oven baked
• Ciabatta bread (breadmaker recipe) The entire process is completed in a breadmaker
• Biga The starter dough for used in making ciabatta bread or rolls.

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