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OULet’s make Ciabatta! 🙌🍞
Sometimes the way bread recipes are written, with lots of technical words, can be off-putting for bread beginners, making it difficult for them to start a bread making journey. With this ciabatta recipe, I have tried to keep the idea of bread making as simple as possible by sharing basic and yet essential little techniques that will improve your bread making skills. The only challenge of this recipe is the hydration! It’s a wet dough! ☝️
Here are a few main tips and tricks for working with a high hydration dough: 👇
1 - If you are a beginner, use a large bowl to make the dough and knead the dough inside the bowl. There’s no need to put it on the work surface and make a mess. You’ll stress out and start adding lots of flour because it will be too hard to handle. When kneading, use one hand to hold the bowl and the other to knead the dough, keeping the hand holding the bowl always clean.
2 - Strengthen the gluten of the dough by giving the dough a few folds during the fermentation. The method I’m using in the video is called “coil fold technique” and is a type of strengthening action used to help develop gluten in the dough during the fermentation stage. By using this method you’ll notice that the dough will become more and more easy to handle without adding any extra flour!
And remember, baking bread is a truly satisfying process and there’s nothing like the feeling of creating your own fresh loaf. So make sure you take things slow and enjoy the process!
You can find the full written recipe for this ciabatta bread on my link in bio! Happy baking, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! 😊
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