Description
Awesome ciabatta recipe I perfected so that I could use my sourdough starter. With the help of the Dough cycle on the bread machine, it’s super easy to make. I highly recommend using a Dutch oven for best results.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups warm water
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 3 ¼ cups bread flour
- 1 teaspoon vital wheat gluten (Optional)
- 1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
Instructions
- Place water
- milk
- olive oil
- sourdough starter
- sugar
- salt
- flour
- and vital wheat gluten in a bread machine in the order listed. Sprinkle yeast over flour. Start Dough cycle. Remove dough from the machine after the cycle is done
- about 90 minutes.
- Turn dough out onto a well floured surface and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Flour hands and a bench knife well before handling the dough
- but try not to add too much extra flour to the dough itself. Divide dough into 3 equal sections and form into round loaves. Place loaves on pieces of generously floured parchment paper and cover with large bowls
- not touching the loaves themselves. Let rise in a warm place for about 60 minutes.
- Place a Dutch oven on the lowest rack of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Carefully lift 1 piece of parchment paper by the ends and transfer to the hot Dutch oven. Place lid back on the Dutch oven.
- Bake in the preheated oven until loaf is golden
- about 20 minutes. Uncover and continue baking until top is golden brown
- 2 to 5 minutes more. Lift up loaf with with parchment paper and place on a towel to cool. Bake remaining 2 loaves in the same way.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 18