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Ciabatta is an Italian bread with a thin crispy crust and an unevenly porous crumb.

Summary

Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time14 hrs
CourseBaking
CuisineItalian

Ciabatta, Italian Bread Ingredients

Ciabatta, Italian Bread

How to cook Italian bread (ciabatta):

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Ciabatta, Italian Bread Instructions

  1. Dissolve the yeast in warm water, add salt.
  2. Put the sifted flour. Knead the liquid dough.
    Ciabatta, Italian Bread step 2
  3. Cover a bowl with the dough with a lid or plastic wrap and leave it for 12 hours at room temperature.
  4. Sprinkle the surface of the table with flour well after 12 hours and put the sticky dough. To keep the dough fluffy, you do not need to knead it but fold it from the edge to the center forming a rectangle.
    Ciabatta, Italian Bread step 4
  5. Put the dough on a baking tray covered with parchment and flour. Cover it with a towel and leave for 1.5 hours.
  6. Place the baking tray with the dough in a preheated oven. Bake it for the first 15 minutes with steam at 220 degrees, and the next 15 minutes without steam at 200 degrees.
  7. Take the ciabatta out of the oven and let it cool down.
    Ciabatta, Italian Bread step 7

Enjoy your meal!