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Ciabatta

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Ciabatta is a small, very soft Italian bread. The name means "slipper". It normally takes a long time to prepare as a special leaven called "biga" is used, but this simplified version is quicker and just as good.

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Last modified on: October 24^th 2017

For 15 Ciabattas, you will need:

• 0 200 ml milk
• 1 150 ml water
• 2 9 g salt
• 3 15 g caster sugar
• 4 50 ml olive oil
• 5 500 g flour
• 6 20 g yeast
• 7 a little milk
• Total weight: 944 grams

Change these quantities to make: 5 Ciabattas 15 Ciabattas 30 Ciabattas 45 Ciabattas

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 1 min.	2 hours	20 min.	3 hours 21 min.

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Step by step recipe

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Stage 1 - 5 min.

Pour 200 ml milk, 150 ml water, 9 g salt, 15 g caster sugar and 50 ml olive oil into a pan, and warm over gentle heat.

You can also melt all these ingredients in a bowl in the microwave for 1 minute.

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Stage 2 - 3 min.

Tip 500 g flour and 20 g yeast into the bowl of a food processor, then add the warmed liquid.

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Stage 3 - 6 min.

Knead on minimum speed for 5 to 8 minutes, until the dough is evenly mixed and elastic.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

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Stage 4 - 5 min.

Tip out onto the worktop without flour, and stretch...

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Stage 5 - 5 min.

... then fold back on itself a number of times.

You can see how to do this in the recipe for leavened bread which has videos showing the movement.

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Stage 6 - 2 hours

Next place the dough in a bowl, cover with a plastic sheet, and leave in a warm place until doubled in volume, which will take 2-3 hours.

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Stage 7 - 5 min.

After this time, tip the dough out onto the worktop, press to expell the CO₂ gas that has formed, and shape into a ball.

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Stage 8 - 10 min.

Cut the ball of dough into smaller pieces of about 50 g.

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Stage 9 - 10 min.

Then roll each piece under your hand to make a nice ball and place on a baking sheet, as shown in this short video.

You will see that you should try to keep both thumb and little finger straight (these roll the ball), and the other 3 fingers curved over the top.

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Stage 10 - 5 min.

The dough is very sticky, which is quite normal, but means that they risk sticking to the plastic sheet when covered again.

This little trick will help to avoid this: place a glass in the middle of each sheet between the rolls...

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Stage 11 - 2 min.

And lay the plastic sheet over the glasses, so that the dough does not stick to it.

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Stage 12 - 5 min.

Leave the rolls to rise and double in volume for 1 or 2 hours in a warm place.

Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F).

Just before baking, brush the rolls with a little milk to help them brown.

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Stage 13 - 20 min.

Cook for about 20 minutes until golden brown, then leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

Ciabattas are great on their own, but you can use them to make delicious sandwiches, or for hamburgers.

Keeping:

Several days in a towel bag.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,441 Kcal or 10,220 Kj	63 gr	400 gr	66 gr
122 %	24 %	38 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
259 Kcal or 1,084 Kj	7 gr	42 gr	7 gr
13 %	3 %	4 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
163 Kcal or 682 Kj	4 gr	27 gr	4 gr
8 %	2 %	3 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

• For 15 Ciabattas : 1.56 €
• Per Ciabatta : 0.10 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

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