Ciabatta Bread
Side Dish • Baked, Bread
Source: Heidi Thaden-Pierce
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour (Can do half wheat)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp yeast (1 tsp if only rising for 4 hours)
- 2 c hot water
Directions
- 1. Mix all, cover and let sit 12 to 18 or 24 hours or whatever you want. If you want a same day dough, increase the yeast to 1 teaspoon then let rise at least 4 hours or until bubbly looking.
- 2. When you want to bake it, flour a cutting board (I use a flexible one from IKEA) and dump the dough onto it, patting into an approximate lump.
- 3. Preheat oven to 500 degrees with a dutch oven inside of it. When hot, dump the dough ball into the dutch oven and COVER it (this is important).
- 4. Cook about 20 minutes, turn off the oven and take off the lid. Let the bread coast in the oven for another 15 minutes or so. It should be golden brown on top. Dump out, cool, slice, and enjoy!
- It’s a really forgiving dough. Can also add some rosemary, garlic & cracked pepper if you want a great savory bread.
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