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 Submitted by inlovewbread on October 6, 2009 - 9:05am Ciabatta
This is Biga Ciabatta following the formula in Reinhart's BBA (incidentally the only bread book I have right now). Turned out pretty well considering this was my first time making ciabatta and I messed up on the biga. I did not knead the biga at all and put it into the fridge after mixing and left it. Still came out great! Always a nice suprise. I also had to bake these on parchment on a sheet pan as I did not have a stone. I just got my stone yesterday so I'm eager to try it out!
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Pass the Olive Oil
Great job with your Ciabatta! Especially since this is the first time you've made it.
weavershouse
Holy Ciabatta!
Gorgeous big holes. Looks perfect.
recipe?
Your ciabatta look absolutely wonderful - I want to give this a go. Have you got a link to the recipe or could you publish it? many thanks
ciabatta formulas
Hi- this formula is from Reinhart's book: "THe Bread Baker's Apprentice". You can google the biga formula for it or on this site you can type in a search at the top left of the page. There are many posts about this formula specifically-may answer some of your questions about it if you have any.
From another post you have, it looks like you would like to try this with sourdough. If you type in sourdough ciabatta in the search you will also find many formulas with detailed instructions and such.
Happy baking!
well done
the crumb looks very authentic!
regards
ben
Beautiful! Wendy
Beautiful!
Wendy
Congratulations!
It looks wonderful. Wonderful.
This is not despoil ILoveBread's happy achievement, and that is great looking bread, but (series of very bad words) ... this is so utterly disheartening. Mine still turns to gluey mush with no rise. The last batch I made with Jason's high hydration recipe had to be literally poured out of it's mixing bowl and oozed across my parchment. It's the consistency of watery grits. And gets baked as flat as crackers.
(pounding head on table)
But ILovebread ... congratulations on your first ciabatta! It's beautiful.
Hilarious
High Desert Jack:
Your post made me laugh out loud. So funny.
Try a different formula and see if it comes out better.- seriously.
I had someone recommend the "Team USA ciabatta"- you can do a search for that formula. I havn't tried it yet but maybe it would work for you?