Sourdough Ciabatta

⏳ Time

20 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

To speed up the sourdough preparation process, you can add yeast directly to the mixture of flour and water. Then the sourdough will be ready in 3-4 hours.

Ingredients

Wheat Flour - 20.3 oz
Salt - 0.4 oz
Olive Oil - 3 fl oz
Dry yeast - 0.1 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Make the starter. To do this, mix 50 grams of flour with 50 ml of water, stir well, and place it in a warm spot for 12 hours. When the mixture starts to bubble, add another 25 grams of flour and 25 ml of water, and stir again until smooth. Leave it for another 3-4 hours, also until bubbles appear — then the starter will be ready for any homemade bread. It can be stored in the refrigerator for a day or several days, as long as you occasionally mix in new portions of flour and water in equal proportions.

Step 2

Sift half a kilogram of flour and mix it with all the dry ingredients. Transfer to a mixer, add the starter, 40 ml of olive oil, salt, yeast, and 325 ml of water. Knead a firm but elastic dough. Grease a baking sheet with olive oil and place the dough in it to rise in a warm place for one hour.

Step 3

After an hour, knead the dough by folding it from two sides and flipping it over. The dough should take on a square shape after kneading. Cut it directly on the baking sheet into four pieces using a sharp knife. Minimize touching the dough as much as possible and avoid pressing it down too much, or it won't turn out fluffy. Place the baking sheet in a warm spot for two hours.

Step 4

Before placing the ciabattas in the preheated oven at 464°F, brush the surface of each one with water. After twenty minutes, remove them and brush with olive oil.