I found this recipe on my new favorite Forum for Sourdough Bakers. This recipe actually doesn’t call for sourdough starter, but it is very sourdough like! I wanted to try a fun bread, and this sounded like fun!
You make the bread and mix mix mix in an electric stand mixer. The dough is left to sit and rise for 3 hours. It is very messy – not your normal bread dough. Then you form it into a loaf and bake it!
Ok, here we go!
Ciabatta Bread
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500 g bread flour (about 3 cups)
475 g water (about 2 cups)
2 tsp yeast
15 g salt (about 2 tsp)
In an electric stand mixer, combine all the ingredients. It is important to measure by weight, if at all possible.
Start the mixer, and mix until everything is combined together in a dough. Let rest for 5-10 minutes.
Now is the fun part! Turn the mixer back on and mix for about 20 minutes. It will start off a thick dough, turn kinda into a pancake batter type consistency, and then turn thick again.
It will be sticky! Just make sure it doesn’t climb up into the inside of your mixer… not fun to clean out at all. Trust me.
Place in a greased bowl and cover with a towel. Let sit for 3-4 hours. The mixture should triple in size. And get all bubbly!
Cut dough into 2 pieces on a very well floured surface. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
Shape the dough into a long rectangle (or whatever shape you want!). Let rise while the oven preheats (it will take awhile – about 45 minutes to 1 hour for me).
Grease and flour a baking sheet and carefully flip the bread upside down and place on the baking sheet. This will redistribute the bubbles to give you a nice, bubbly bread. Because the dough is so .. loose and free … you will think you ruined it, and the shape will be off. That is fine!
Here is a picture of before I flipped it (left hand side), and after I flipped it (right hand side). It definitely isn’t the same shape, but hey, that gives it character, right??
Or how about the other loaf.. HA!
I baked these one at a time. Bake at 500 for 20 minutes. If you are into checking the temp, it should be 205 degrees F internally.
Now this is a nice crusty loaf of bread!
And it is so chewy and full of bubbles on the inside.
Yum! This went perfect with a bowl of chili!
This was the weird shaped one … ehhh. It still tasted good!
Yum!! Ciabatta bread is my favorite bread of all time
I’m lazy and always buy it though. Bread making scares me for some reason.
I absolutely love bread – and yours turned out amazing – look at that crust on the top and bottom! Swoon. I still need to make bread from a starter – I have the instructions, just haven’t started it yet.
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Hi Jane, I’d like to place an order please! Do you deliver to Vancouver?
Joking of course, but wow…this looks fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe and photos. Hope you are doing well!!!!
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Jane your second loaf is cracking me up, esp your comments. it reminds me of something it shouldn’t, a really messed up version of it. lol! I hope you know what i mean so I don’t have to say anything graphic on here.
But wow, it looks soooo delicious!! You’ve got me hankering for some fresh bread now. Does it have a sourdough type taste?
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haha I know what you mean. It does have a sourdough type taste!
Who cares what it looks like! I bet it was delicious.
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That.looks.wonderful.
Your bread looks beautiful! You sure are busy! My cholesterol began rising when I was 40, and rises each year. I experimented with lots of antioxidants, a fat-free diet, no meat…and it went down a little, but not enough so I went back to my old eating habits. Mine is also tied in with my hypothyroidism, (and now post-menopause) and when my thyroid meds need adjusted, the cholesterol goes up or down (up if my thyroid is too low). Also, now that I am 55 (oh…I don’t take cholesterol meds, because I have read up on the meds and there are not many studies of them with women…and I could get them free as my husband works for a pharmaceutical company)…my gyn told me high cholesterol is also due to my age. This is all what I gather from my experience, I am not a professional. But the main factor is hereditary….it runs in my family…my dad and his mother, my grandmother.
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I love the texture of this bread! I do have some sourdough started, but I might have to forego it to give this loaf a try. Thanks for sharing this bread recipe1
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I agree with Sam, I am intimidated by bread! I’ve seen you and Biz both post awesome looking bread too. I have made V’s bread before and it turned out great I just don’t know why I’m still so afraid to make it…lol!
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Homemade bread is the best! Ciabatta is so tasty. When should I be there for dinner?
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Oh man, that bread looks like it turned out perfect!
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Your ciabatta loaf looks wonderful…I’m sure it was delicious.
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