Name: Ciabatta
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes 2 × 650 g (1 lb 5 oz) loaves
Ingredients: 140 ml (4½ fl oz) extra virgin olive oil; 30 g (1 oz) fresh yeast or 1 tablespoon dried yeast; 3 teaspoons salt; 680 g (1 lb 6 oz) white bread flour

Preparation info

Makes
2 × 650 g
loaves

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Bread

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

Ciabatta is Italian for ‘slipper’, a good description of this rustic oval-shaped Italian loaf The olive oil gives the bread its crusty texture and delicate handling with little knocking back after rising creates the holes.