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Ciabatta bread in a home oven possible by hand?

I make a great pizza dough on my fibrament stone

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but now I'm wanting to make ciabatta onit. My oven goes to 550 but it's an electric oven. I also don't havea mixer. Can I do it by hand and do it in an electric oven. I'm happyto use either the direct or indirect method.Thanks !!!

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bringmewater
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Well, here's how I do it:

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recipe is a bit dated, as I no longer use a mixer (just 6-stretch&folds). I just haven't updated it recently to accommodate that--but it's not all that important anyway. Enjoy!

Dusty San Jose

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Dusty Bleher

Here's how I do it.

Bread flour (actually high gluten)

100% hydration w/20-24% low grade Olive Oil 2% salt 1% Instant dry yeast

Dough is slack enough you can treat it as a batter bread (mix/develop it in a mixing bowel), I use a mixer because I make a lot of this at a time.

In frig for 24-48 hours. Usually rises in size 2-4x. I don't do any degassing/punch-down.

Bring to room temp. Bench, let rise, touch as little as possible. Scale - I do 1lb units. Try never to cut more than once.

Let rise at least 2 1/2 in size.

Bake in a preheated 450 for 20 min.

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ZerkonX

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