Ciabatta (quick)

Hydration
67.5 %
Salt
1.5 %
Total flour
133 g

Ingredients

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AmountIngredientBaker's percentage
133gBread flouror pizza flour; higher protein is better100 %
0.3tspSugarto start the yeast
2gSalt1.5 %
3.3gFresh yeastor about half the weight in dry yeast2.5 %
90mlWaterlukewarm, about 38 °C67.5 %
0.3tbspOlive oil

Method

  1. Mix: combine the flour, sugar, olive oil, and salt. Crumble in the yeast. Add the lukewarm water and stir with a wooden spoon until a "shaggy mass" forms. Cover and let it rest for 2 hours at room temperature.
  2. First fold: turn the sticky dough out onto a heavily floured surface. With wet hands, fold the dough over itself into a "pouch". Rest, covered, for 30 minutes.
  3. Second fold: repeat the folding. Let it rest for another 15 minutes.
  4. Preheat: heat the oven to 240 °C (220 °C fan). Prepare a tray with baking paper and a dusting of flour.
  5. Shape: form a 30 cm strand, flatten it slightly, and cut it into 6 equal rectangles. Do not reshape them. Rest on the tray for 30 minutes.
  6. Bake: 15 to 20 minutes. Usually 15 minutes, unless you did not shape them fairly flat.