Easy Homemade Ciabatta

Nothing beats freshly baked bread and this recipe is so easy - it turns from this shaggy dough to this amazing dough ball!

What You Need

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4 cups all-purpose flour

2½ tsp salt

7g instant yeast (1 sachet)

425g warm water

30g extra virgin olive oil

Extra flour for dusting

Method

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and yeast.

Pour in the warm water and olive oil. Mix until a sticky, shaggy dough forms with no dry flour left.

Cover and let rest for 15 minutes.

Gently stretch and pull the dough over itself a few times. Turn the bowl and repeat until the dough starts to feel smoother.

Cover and repeat the stretch and pulls every 15 minutes for 1 hour.

After the final stretch and pull, cover and let the dough rest for another hour until puffy and airy.

Preheat oven to 220°C.

Generously flour your bench and gently tip the dough out. Try not to deflate it.

Shape into ciabatta loaves by gently stretching and cutting the dough into rectangles.

Place onto a lined baking tray, dust with flour, and bake for 25–30 minutes or until golden and crusty.