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Ciabatta

Sourdough

  • Bread Flour: 515g
  • Salt: 10g
  • Water: 384g
  • Starter: 90
  1. Mix everything.

  2. Stretch and fold and rest 30 minutes.

  3. Repeat until 3 sets of s and f.

  4. Let rest until the dough has tripled in volume since step 4 (4-5 hours).

  5. Put in fridge for 16h or so.

  6. Cut dough in 2 or 4 and close the sides.

  7. Let proof for 2h.

  8. Preheat oven to 250c without the baking tray, and if possible with a tray of water at bottom of oven.

  9. Bake for 5 minutes.

  10. Lower to 240c, bake for 10 minutes with steam.

  11. Lower to 200c, bake for 15-20 minutes.

Yeast

  • 550 Flour: 400g
  • Olive oil: 30g
  • Salt: 10g
  • Water: 280g
  • Fresh yeast: 4g / active 2g
  1. Disolve yeast in water + oil.

  2. Add all the flour and mix.

  3. Add salt.

  4. When you get a dough, let rest 30 minutes or all night in the fridge.

  5. Stretch and fold and rest 30 minutes.

  6. Repeat until 3 sets of s and f.

  7. Let rest until the dough has tripled in volume since step 4 (4-5 hours).

  8. The dough must triple ultimately.

  9. When it has fermented enough, dump it on a floured counter top and fold it like a tube.

  10. Cut dough in 2 or 4 and close the sides.

  11. Preheat oven to 250c without the baking tray, and if possible with a tray of water at bottom of oven.

  12. Bake for 5 minutes.

  13. Lower to 200c, bake for 10 minutes.

  14. Lower to 150c, bake for 10 minutes.