Ciabatta

Name: Ciabatta
Yield: Makes 2 Loaves
Ingredients: 30 ml/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp easy bake dried yeast; 200 ml/7 fl oz/⅞ cup water; 2.5 ml/½ tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 30 ml/2 tbsp milk; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups unbleached white bread flour; 2.5 ml/½ tsp granulated sugar; 325 g/11½ oz/scant 3 cups unbleached white bread flour, plus extra for dusting

Preparation info

Makes
2
Loaves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

This popular flat loaf is irregularly shaped and typically has large air holes in the crumb. The dough for this bread is extremely wet. Do not be tempted to add more flour — it’s meant to be that way.

Ingredients

For the Biga

200 ml/7 fl oz/⅞ cup water
175

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Pour the water for the biga into the bread pan. If necessary, reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients. Sprinkle over the flour, covering the water. Make an indent in the centre of the flour; add the yeast.
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