Ciabatta 意大利拖鞋面包

Many dear friends tried this loaf at my home. All of them, kids and adults, love it! It is actually SUPER EASY to make.

Makes two loaves,

• 240g  strong white flour高筋面粉
• 60g   wholemeal flour 全麦面粉
• 3g    dry yeast
• 4g    salt
• 240g  water

Method

1. Combine strong white flour, wholemeal flour, yeast, salt and water in a mixing bowl. Cover the bowl with a plastic bag. Leave the dough in the bowl for 2 hours in room temperature till it doubles in size
2. Tip the dough out. Coat the top of the dough all over with flour. Split the dough in half and gently stretch out each piece of dough a little and place them on the heavily-floured baking tray to rest for a further 20 minutes
3. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 220℃
4. Bake for 20 minutes till the beautiful aroma of the bread fills up your entire room
5. NOT ready to eat yet…wait for another 20 minutes till it cools off on the cooling rack
6. Enjoy a plain piece, dip the piece in olive oil, spread butter/cheese or use it to make your favorite sandwich.
7. The same dough makes perfect pizza dough too – just reduce the water to the ratio of 70%, which means 210g water with 300g flour. The ingredients listed in this recipe are good to make two 12-inch pizza. Click here for Homemade Pizza Sauce recipe.