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Old 04-28-2024, 07:51 AM
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peaceandjoy
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One of my favorite breads is a sourdough ciabatta. Many sourdough recipes do not use traditional mixing methods or kneading, mostly stretching and folding to shape a loaf. Ciabatta, with such high hydration, would be challenging to shape using the usual methods. The recipe I use is from Teresa Greenway of Northwest Sourdough. She has a lot of YouTube videos, but unfortunately, that is not one of them. The flour and water are combined for autolyse at normal hydration; after autolyse, additional liquid (whey or water) is added and folded into it over a series of folding every half hour or so for a couple of hours. She does show the sped up version of it in this clip. As you can see, it's incredibly airy and, oh so good! It's fine to make with water, but when I have whey from making lactose free ricotta, that is the best! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEl5R8h8KA
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