Whole Wheat Ciabatta Bread
Whole Wheat Ciabatta Bread

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, whole wheat ciabatta bread. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Whole Wheat Ciabatta Bread is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Whole Wheat Ciabatta Bread is something that I have loved my entire life.

Learn how to make Whole Wheat Ciabatta! I hope you enjoy this easy No-Knead Whole Wheat "Slipper" Bread Recipe! Chef John's recipe for whole wheat ciabatta uses a blend of flours to create the perfect, crusty-yet-chewy bread experience. I decided to give the old no-knead ciabatta a higher-fiber makeover.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook whole wheat ciabatta bread using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Whole Wheat Ciabatta Bread:
  1. Prepare For sponge -
  2. Make ready 1/8 teaspoon instant dry East
  3. Take 2 tbsp warm water
  4. Take 1/3 cup warm water
  5. Take 1 cup whole wheat flour
  6. Prepare For bread -
  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon instant dry yeast
  8. Make ready 2 tbsp warm milk
  9. Take 2/3 cup warm water
  10. Take 1 tbsp olive oil
  11. Take 2 cup whole wheat flour
  12. Take 1.5 teaspoon salt

Ciabatta means "Italian Slipper Bread" but these look more like pillows than. Does this sound oxymoronic, or what? I mean, ciabatta is the queen of crusty white-flour breads; a baguette gone round-shouldered and soft-edged. Give this Harvest Grains Ciabatta a try.

Steps to make Whole Wheat Ciabatta Bread:
  1. To make sponge, in a small bowl stir together yeast and warm water and let it stand for 5 minutes. In another bowl stir together yeast mixture, water and wheat flour. Knead it well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it stand at room temperature for at least 12 hours up to 24 hours.
  2. To make bread, in a bowl stir together yeast and milk and let it stand for 5 minutes. In another bowl, add prepared sponge along with milk mixture, water, oil, flour and salt. Mix everything together to make a dough. Knead the dough for at least 8 to 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. Put the dough into an oiled bowl and cover with a plastic wrap and keep it until doubled in size.
  3. Takeout the dough onto a floured work surface and cut it into half. Now take one portion and roll it into a rectangle. Now shape it into a log of 6 to 8 inches. Repeat with another portion of the dough..
  4. Dimple both loaves with floured fingers and dust flour on top. Transfer both loaves onto a greased baking tray and cover with a damp cloth and leave it until doubled in size. You can even use a baking paper in the tray
  5. Preheat the oven at 200 degree for 10 minutes. Brush the loaves with water to get the crust on top. Dust with some dry flour. Bake the prepared loaves for 20 to 30 minutes or until done. When ready, the bread will sound hollow if tapped from the bottom. Let it cool down completely then it can be used.
  6. Ciabatta bread can be served with soups or curries or it can be used to make sandwiches.

I mean, ciabatta is the queen of crusty white-flour breads; a baguette gone round-shouldered and soft-edged. Give this Harvest Grains Ciabatta a try. Whole-Milled Whole Wheat Ciabatta from Peter Reinhart's new book, Bread Revolution. Whole wheat flour is significantly stronger tasting, and its earthy, bitter aftertaste is the reason white flour is the much preferred choice for, well, everything. I know many of you have made and enjoyed the traditional ciabatta bread we posted, so I'm looking forward to hearing from those of you who give this whole wheat.

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