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
CIABATTA BREAD RECIPE
Light, porous and airy on the inside, crusty and golden brown on the outside ciabatta bread is all about flavor and texture.
Provided by Italian Recipe Book
Categories Bread
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a medium size bowl add water and dry yeast. Wait 10 minutes until the yeast is fully dissolved and has a "creamy' texture.
- Mix in the flour. You should get a very loose and sticky dough. It should have consistency thick enough not to come off from the spoon as, say, sour cream or greek yogurt, but wet enough so that it's impossible to knead it by hand.
- Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and let the dough rest at a room temperature for 3-4 hrs or overnight. I just don't recommend leaving biga for more than 24 hrs as the yeast will start to over-mature and loose its power.
- Once biga is rested it will become bubbly and might become even looser when you left it. Now pour lukewarm water in the bowl, going around the edges of the bowl and pouring small portions at a time. This is how we hydrate and aerate biga even more at the same time liberating it from the bowl.
- Pour biga and wate mix into a bowl of a standing mixer, oil the dough hook.Turn on your mixer on low speed, knead for a 1-2 minutes and start adding flour.
- In the last portion of flour (approx 1cup) add salt and mix it into the flour. Add to the dough.Knead on medium speed for 10 minutes. You'll notice the dough starting changing its texture. Becoming more smooth and starting to climb up the hook. Increase mixer speed to high and knead for another 10 minutes. If you mixer bowl is large enough you'll see the dough coming off the bowl sides. That's a perfect sign the dough is ready and has developed strong gluten.You would be able to tell just from the look that it's very silky and shiny.
- Transfer the dough to a big oiled bowl, so that there is enough space for the bread to double or triple.Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise at a room temperature for about 40-50 minutes.
- After the first 40-50 minutes the dough will double in size. Deep a silicon spatula in a water and start folding the dough onto itself, from the outside to the center of the bowl. You should be able to make 6-10 folds.
- Do it gently, so that the dough becomes well aerated and not deflated.Now using both hands, rise the dough from the bowl letting it fold, turn the bowl 90 degrees and fold in the same manner again. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for another 40-50 minutes.
- Repeat this last folding process once again and let the dough rest for the last 40-50 minutes.
- Once it's perfectly bubbly and screams to get out of the bowl, GENEROUSLY sprinkle the working surface with the flour. You'll regret if you wouldn't. The dough is veery sticky, but that's the secret for gorgeous light and airy ciabatta bread.
- Flip the bowl upside down and let the dough "slide" off of the bowl by itself.
- Sprinkle your scrapers and top of the dough with flour again. Constantly assisting with the scrapers give it a rectangular shape. Cut into elongated loaves or individual rolls. You can make the rolls either square or triangle and they are HEAVEN for panini.
- Generously sprinkle linen cloth with flour and using large dough scrapers transfer the bread loaves onto it. Separate each loaf with a towel fold (see the pictures) or use individual towel for each of the loaves.
- Turn on the oven to 450F while ciabatta bread rests on the towel.
- After 10-15 minutes flip ciabatta loaves over on parchment paper sprinkled with semolina or corn flour (to prevent bread from sticking).
- Just before you put the bread into the oven, spray the oven generously with cold water to create as much steam as you can. Steam really helps ciabatta bread to cook perfectly both on the inside and outside.
- Bake ciabatta for 20-25 minutes without EVER opening the oven. After 10 minutes in the oven reduce the heat to 400F. When it's golden brown, or may seem even slightly burned that is it. Your ciabatta bread has just reached its perfection and all you have left is let it cool for 15-20 on the wire rack.
ITALIAN CIABATTA SANDWICH
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Begin by cutting your ciabatta roll in half and then toasting the bread in the oven or in a toaster for a few minutes.
- Drizzle both of the interior sides of the ciabatta with olive oil and then smear on the white balsamic glaze, and set the top half aside.
- On the bottom half of the glazed ciabatta bun, add the basil, the salami, the mozzarella, and the roasted red pepper, the roasted yellow pepper, and then lastly the arugula.
- Put the remaining half of the ciabatta roll on top.
- Before serving, tightly wrap the sandwich in waxed paper or butcher paper and slice it down the middle with a serrated knife . Enjoy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1326 kcal, Carbohydrate 82 g, Cholesterol 268 mg, Fiber 7 g, Protein 83 g, SaturatedFat 28 g, Sodium 4249 mg, Sugar 16 g, Fat 74 g, ServingSize 1 sandwich (1 serving), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
CIABATTA (ITALIAN "SLIPPER" BREAD)
The ciabatta does require a simple sponge but it takes only a few minutes to put together the day before making the bread. Though the dough for ciabatta is very wet and sticky, resist the temptation to add more flour.
Categories Bread Bake Spring Gourmet
Yield Makes 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Make sponge:
- In a small bowl stir together yeast and warm water and let stand 5 minutes, or until creamy. In a bowl stir together yeast mixture, room-temperature water, and flour and stir 4 minutes. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let sponge stand at cool room temperature at least 12 hours and up to 1 day.
- 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 and beat dough at medium speed 3 minutes. Add salt and beat 4 minutes more. 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.)
- Have ready a rimless baking sheet and 2 well-floured 12- by 6-inch sheets parchment paper. 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 or 4 to 6 unglazed "quarry" tiles (see note, above) arranged close together on oven rack in lowest position in oven and preheat oven to 425° F.
- Transfer 1 loaf on its parchment to 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 or tiles in a similar manner. Bake ciabatta loaves 20 minutes, or until pale golden. With a large spatula transfer loaves to a rack to cool.
ITALIAN CIABATTA BREAD
This Italian bread is good cut into long slices or split open for sandwiches.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Breakfast & Brunch Recipes Bread Recipes
Yield Makes 3 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In an electric mixer, combine 1 cup water and yeast. Let stand until yeast is creamy, about 10 minutes. Add remaining water and sponge, and mix, using paddle attachment, on low speed until combined, about 2 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, powdered milk, and salt; add to yeast mixture, and mix on low speed for 1 minute. Change to dough hook, and mix on medium-low speed until dough is smooth and sticks to fingers slightly when squeezed, about 8 minutes. Or knead by hand, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Transfer dough to a floured surface, and knead four or five turns into a ball. Place dough, smooth side up, in a lightly oiled bowl, and cover with plastic wrap; let rise in a warm place until dough has doubled in bulk and is slightly blistered and satiny, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down, and fold over onto itself four or five times. Turn folded side face down in the bowl. Cover, and let rise again in a warm place until doubled in bulk and satiny, about 50 minutes.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface, flour the top, and cut into three pieces.
- Line three baking sheets with parchment; flour generously. Transfer a piece of dough to each baking sheet. Gently pull each piece into a rough rectangle (about 7-by-11 inches). Cover loosely with oiled plastic wrap; let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk and small air pockets appear, about 30 minutes.
- Dimple the surface of the bread with your fingertips. Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise again for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with flour, and dimple again; cover, and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes more. Thirty minutes before the rising is completed, place a baking stone, if using, in the lower third of the oven and a baking pan on the lowest shelf. Heat oven to 450 degrees.
- Slide loaves, along with parchment, onto baking stone. If not using a stone, cook on the parchment-lined baking sheets. Quickly pour 2 cups very hot water into the baking pan to create steam, and close the oven door. Bake until bread is golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped on the bottom, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes before slicing.
CIABATTA (ITALIAN SLIPPER BREAD)
DH and I buy at least one loaf a week of ciabatta and eat it with olive oil. I finally decided to see it I could make a better bread than the brands we've tried from the store. 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. The bread itself is not tall and fluffy. It has a wonderfully crisp, tender crust. It would be perfect for an Italian sandwich, if cut horizontally, of mozzarella, basil, tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and s&p.
Provided by Lisa Pizza
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 16h20m
Yield 2 loaves, 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Make sponge: Stir together, warm water and yeast.
- Let stand 5 minutes, until creamy.
- Transfer yeast mixture to another bowl and add room-temp water and flour.
- Stir for 4 minutes.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap.
- Let stand at cool room temp at least 12 hours and up to 1 day.
- Make bread: Stir together yeast and milk in small bowl and let stand 5 minutes, until creamy.
- In bowl of standing electric mixer, with dough hook, blend together milk mixture, sponge, water, oil and flour at low speed until flour is moistened.
- Beat on medium for 3 minutes.
- Add salt and beat for 4 more minutes.
- Scrape dough into oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap, until doubled- about 1 1/2 hours.
- Note: Dough will be VERY sticky and full of bubbles.
- Cut two pieces of parchment paper, approx 12 inches by 6 inches.
- Place on baking sheet and flour well.
- Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and cut in half.
- Transfer each half to paper and form irregular ovals approx 9 inches long.
- Dip fingers in flour and dimple loaves.
- Dust tops with flour.
- Cover with dampened kitchen towel and let rise 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until almost doubled.
- At least 45 minutes before baking bread, pre-heat pizza stone on lowest oven rack position at 425°F.
- Transfer 1 loaf, along with parchment paper, onto stone and bake for 20 minutes or until pale golden.
- Remove to cooling racks and repeat with second loaf.
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- 1. To make the starter, stir together the water, flour, and yeast in a medium mixing bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for at least 3 hours, up to overnight.
- 2. To make the dough, transfer the starter mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment, or use a bread machine. Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of yeast, and salt, mixing on low speed until the dough no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl.
- 3. Grease a large bowl with olive oil and transfer the dough to the bowl. Let it the dough rise for 1 hour, then gently deflate it with your hand. Let the dough rise a second time for another hour, then place it on a floured work surface and sprinkle more flour over the top of the dough.
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- Stir the water, flour, and yeast together, cover, and let rest at room temperature for 12 to 16 hours., To make the dough: Add the water to the biga, mixing to incorporate the two.
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