
Ciabatta,one of the most requested Italian breads. The original recipes take long time to be realized so let’s try this faster and easy one.Watch the video on Toscana Mia Cooking School Channel.
The taste is slightly different from those with long rising because during all those hours the bacteria in the yeast have more time to decompose the starch in the flour, changing its taste. Anyway this is a good Ciabatta!

500g. =3 cups + 2 tbsp Flour 00
370 g =1.59 cups water at room temperature
18 g Beer Yeast (or 6 g of dry yeast)=4.05 tsp.
2 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon of honey ( a delicate taste)or sugar
Necessary also :
a cup of polenta flour
Transparent film
oven paper

Dissolve the yeast in the water
Add the honey (or sugar)
Stir it in well
Add 3/4 of the flour and mix it
Add the salt
Stir to dissolve the salt well
Add the remaining flour

Mix everything. No need to knead well, when the flour has been absorbed, the dough is ready
Cover well and let rise for 90 minutes in a place without drafts of air at a constant temperature above 25C°/50F° (for example in the closed oven with the light on)
Let rise for 90 minutes or until it doubles in volume
Moisten the work table. This will keep the transparent film in place

Place two strips of transparent film on the work table
Dust the transparent film abundantly and evenly with the flour
Gently turn the dough in the middle of the flour trying not to bend it
Grease your fingers and straighten the dough a little, always gently to give it a “ciabatta” shape
Place the parchment paper on a baking pan of adequate size and sprinkle it with polenta flour. The flour creates a thin layer of air under the ciabatta that cooks it better underneath

Now lift the transparent film and turn the ciabatta on the baking sheet upside down at once.Turn the ciabatta over to form streaks of flour and redistribute air bubbles inside it
Adjust the form always very gently.
Heat the oven to 220 C°/400F°with a pan of hot water to create humidity in the oven
Bake and sprinkle a little water to further increase the humidity level of the oven

Increasing the humidity of the oven serves to keep the surface of the bread moist so that the heat penetrates the bread without immediately forming the crust. In this way, the carbon dioxide contained in the dough expands with heat and makes the bread grow.
Then the crust starts to form and the bread remains nice and swollen. In addition, the bread cooks better inside. First take out the saucepan and the thicker the crust will be.
Cook for 30-35 minutes.


Not to forget:this loaf is somewhat elongated, broad and flattish like a slipper=ciabatta in Italian
Watch the video on Toscana Mia Cooking School Youtube Channel.
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Thank you for reading us. Wish you’ll like the ciabatta.
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