Ciabatta at home. Cooking recipes

Italian ciabatta bread has long been fond of Russians. It is so convenient to cook sandwiches on the grill, croutons and croutons for serving with various sauces! If you are wondering how ciabatta is prepared at home, then read this article. We will share with you the secrets of its preparation, and also describe some of the most popular recipes.

The recipe for ciabatta at home

If you decide to cook this fragrant Italian bread according to all the rules of culinary art, then be patient and go to the cooking process as seriously as possible. Preparation of ciabatta at home:

• Mix 450 grams of flour with one teaspoon of salt and dry yeast (ten grams). To dry ingredients are better connected, sift them through a sieve.
• Pour into a bowl 350 grams of water at room temperature and mix it with flour.
• Cover the dough with a towel and leave to wander for 12 hours. It will be better if you put the dough in the evening. In this case, for breakfast, you can serve fresh aromatic bread directly from the oven.
• Work surface of a table densely sprinkle with a flour and lay out on it a dough. Be careful - it will be quite sticky and liquid.
• Wrap the edges of the dough to the center so that it resembles a loaf. Repeat the procedure several times. As soon as the dough acquires a dense structure, divide it into two equal parts.
• Gently stretch the workpieces with your hands so that each has a rectangular shape (10 by 20 cm).
• Lay the future bread on a waffle towel, densely sprinkled with flour, cover with a second towel and let stand for one hour.
• Preheat the oven, cover the baking tray with parchment and carefully place the ciabatta on it. To make steam in the oven, spray the water in it with a spray gun.

After half an hour, when the bread is brown enough, turn off the oven and call your family to the table.

Bread of ciabatta at home (with filling)

Preparation of this bread will not cause difficulties for the experienced hostess. However, you should pay attention to some of the nuances of this recipe. So, how is real Italian ciabatta done at home? The process is as follows:

• For gum, mix 100 grams of flour, one sachet of yeast, 200 ml of water and 30 grams of sugar.
• When the base is ready, leave it to rise for 12 hours (under a towel) at room temperature.
• When the time is right, pour 450 ml of water into the spoon, enter 15 grams of salt and 900 grams of flour. Knead the dough, not forgetting to add a little vegetable oil.
• While the dough rises, prepare the filling. It can be fried onions, dried herbs (eg oregano or basil), capers and dried tomatoes, olives.
• Divide the dough into three equal parts and mix each, adding the filling. Form three loaves and let them stand under the cloth for about an hour.
• Bake bread in a preheated oven for about ten minutes.

Ciabatta with cheese

Preparing ciabatta at home can be a creative process for you. Try to make bread with the addition of cheese - and a new dish will definitely appreciate your loved ones. For this:

• Mix 450 grams of flour, 300 ml of water, half a teaspoon of salt and a bag of yeast in a deep dish. Leave the dough (as usual) for 12 hours.
• 50 grams of feta cheese (you can take Adyghe or cheese) cut into cubes or crumble in crumbs with your hands.
• Sprinkle the table with flour, put the dough on it, and sprinkle it with cheese on top. Wrap the edges of the workpiece to the middle, cut it in half, cover with a dense cloth and leave it alone for an hour.
• When the ciabatta rises, gently place it on a baking sheet covered with parchment. In another pan, pour a little water and also put it in a preheated oven.

In half an hour the bread will turn brown and ready. Serve it to a table with aromatic sauces or make a base for it from sandwiches.

Ciabatta with herbs and garlic

This recipe was invented especially for those cases when delicious and flavored bread was left out of work and became stale. Correct the situation can be with the help of small tricks. Spicy ciabatta at home is prepared this way:

• The dried loaf is cut with a knife from above, without touching the base, along and several times across.
• Olive oil is evenly distributed throughout the surface of the bread.
• Chop the herbs of parsley, rosemary and oregano. Garlic let through the press, connect it with herbs, ground pepper and olive oil.
• With the resulting mixture, chant the ciabatta outside and inside.
• A piece of parchment, fit in size, crumpled hands, wet in water and wrap them bread. In this form, the ciabatta should stay in the oven for about ten minutes.

Conclusion

As you can see, Italian ciabatta at home is not so difficult. The main thing is to choose a favorite recipe and get down to business.