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.
PARMESAN CIABATTA BREAD
This was originally a King Arthur flour recipe with minor changes. Remember the dynamics of instant yeast differs from regular yeast. Any hard Italian cheese may be substituted, like Asiago, Romano, etc. Bread Machine instructions listed in instruction #3.
Provided by gailanng
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 20h22m
Yield 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- For the Biga: Mix all of the biga ingredients in a medium-sized bowl until well-blended. Cover the bowl, and leave it at cool room temperature for 12 to 20 hours, until the biga is very bubbly.
- For the Dough: Mix the biga and the remaining dough ingredients, except the cheese, using an electric mixer set on slow speed, for 2 to 4 minutes. Increase the speed to medium and mix for about 4 minutes; the dough should be soft and slightly sticky. Add additional water or flour if necessary. Do not over add flour, the dough should be very soft.
- Mix in the cheese; be aware some of the cheese will fly out. Just pick them up and put them back in the bowl. Allow the dough to rise, in a greased, covered bowl, for 1 to 2 hours, until it's very puffy. Note: You can also mix this dough in a bread machine set on the dough cycle; add the diced cheese several minutes before the end of the final kneading cycle.
- Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and shape it into two long loaves, about 12 x 4 inches each, or 4 loaves, approx 6x4 inches. Place the loaves, floured side up, onto parchment paper lined baking sheets. Cover the loaves with a proof cover or well-greased plastic wrap and allow the loaves to rise for 45 minutes or until they're very puffy. Sprinkle loaves with additional grated cheese.
- Bake the ciabatta in a preheated 450 oven for 22 to 26 minutes, until it's golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1294.8, Fat 25.9, SaturatedFat 15.1, Cholesterol 88.6, Sodium 2777.8, Carbohydrate 205.2, Fiber 8.7, Sugar 1.4, Protein 55.4
GARLIC AND BASIL CIABATTA BREAD
This sounds like it would be a tasty starter or a side dish with an Italian meal. I originally found the recipe in BBC Good Food Magazine.
Provided by Sarah_Jayne
Categories Cheese
Time 10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat the grill / broiler to high.
- Beat together the mayonnaise, butter and garlic cloves until smooth.
- Chop basil, stir through and season with salt and pepper.
- Put the halves of the ciabatta, sliced lengthways, on a baking tray and spread with the butter.
- Sprinkle with grated parmesan, then grill for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from baking tray and slice each half into smaller slices.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 78.2, Fat 7.7, SaturatedFat 4.3, Cholesterol 18.4, Sodium 105.5, Carbohydrate 1.5, Sugar 0.3, Protein 1.1
PARMESAN-BASIL GARLIC BREAD
Made with Parmesan and fresh basil on a ciabatta bread loaf, this yummy garlic bread is good as an appetizer or a side dish for a green salad.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Appetizers & Snacks
Time 25m
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- Mix all ingredients except bread; spread onto cut sides of bread.
- Reassemble bread loaf; wrap in foil.
- Bake 15 min. or until heated through. Unwrap bread; slice. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 140, Fat 7 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 300 mg, Carbohydrate 16 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 4 g
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