If I had put together a Bucket List, learning to make ciabatta would have featured for me.
I gave it a go a few times and failed miserably. I resigned myself to never getting the knack of making.
Then I watched Paul Hollywood's series on bread on BBC2, bought the book and decided to give it a a go.
The recipe is easy to follow but I will say me it took me until my fourth attempt before I was really happy with the result and I did watch the episode again on iplayer.
I found that making the sponge (flour water and half the yeast) before I go to bed, when I come to make the bread the following morning it is really nicely fermented and ready to go.
I put in the rest of the water, salt, sponge, flour and then lastly the yeast, in that order.
Combine on the lowest setting then increase to the next setting and then I mixed on number 3 for the last 7 minutes (15 mins in total)
The mistake I made was to put it in too big a box to prove.
In the 2 hours it is left to prove, with the right size box, it will reach right to the top and when you slowly tip it out it won't flop as much.
Next on my Bucket List would be to keep a sourdough starter going and make a really good sourdough.
Watch this space.....
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