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Ciabatta Bread
Italian Ciabatta bread is known for its rustic shape and chewy crust. It could not be easier to make fresh at home!
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 3h 20m⏳ Prep: 5 min👤 Hannah Klinger📖 thepioneerwoman
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●baking sheet
- ●knife
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large bowl, stir together the bread flour, whole wheat flour, yeast and 2 1/4 cups of the water using a fork or your hands. Mix until a shaggy dough forms and all of the dry flour has been incorporated. Cover the bowl with a clean towel and let stand at room temperature for ⏱️ 20 minutes.
2
Sprinkle the salt and pour the remaining 1/4 cup of the water over the dough. Using your hands, squeeze and knead the dough until the salt and water are all incorporated and the dough forms a ball. Cover with a clean towel and let stand at room temperature for ⏱️ 20 minutes.
3
Stretch and fold the dough over itself in the bowl four times, rotating the bowl a quarter turn with each fold and using wet hands to prevent the dough from sticking. Cover and let stand for ⏱️ 20 minutes. Repeat the folding process four more time times, for a total of five folds over ⏱️ 1 hour and ⏱️ 20 minutes.
4
Turn the dough out onto a heavily floured surface, handling as little as possible to keep it bubbly. Dust the top of the dough heavily with flour.
5
Cut the dough in half lengthwise using a bench scraper or large knife. Gently stretch each dough piece into an about 12-by-4-inch rectangle and transfer to a parchment-lined, unrimmed baking sheet. Cover with a clean dish towel and let rise at room temperature until puffy and increased in volume, ⏱️ 45 minutes to ⏱️ 1 hour ⏱️ 15 minutes.
6
About ⏱️ 30 minutes before the dough is finished proofing, preheat the oven to 475° with a baking stone or inverted baking sheet on the center rack. Slide the parchment paper with the dough onto the preheated baking stone. Bake until the loaves are golden brown, 18 to ⏱️ 22 minutes. Transfer the loaves to a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or room temperature.
Nutrition Facts
calories
219 Calories
fat Content
1 g
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
0 g
sodium Content
280 mg
protein Content
8 g
cholesterol Content
0 mg
carbohydrate Content
42 g
saturated Fat Content
0 g
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