How to Make Ciabatta Bread (Yeast-Leavened, Poolish Method)

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Published 2021-06-26

This is an adaptation of my simple sourdough ciabatta bread recipe. In place of using 100 grams of sourdough starter, we use 100 grams of poolish, equal parts by weight flour and water plus a small amount of yeast. Like the sourdough recipe, this one is very high hydration dough (82%), which means the dough will be wet and sticky, which is a little tricky to work with but well worth the trouble as it will yield a ciabatta with a crisp crust and an open-crumbed, chewy interior.

Let me know if you have questions! Hope you love it.

Find the full recipe here: alexandracooks.com/2021/06/26/how-to-make-ciabatta…

Find the sourdough variation here: alexandracooks.com/2021/04/25/simple-sourdough-cia…

All Comments (21)

@carlie5515 2 years ago

Love the kiddo noises in the background. Always think how lucky they are to have all that beautiful food!
@jacobstehly8777 2 years ago

I’ve watched chef after chef videos to make bread. Some spoke French and some talked through every step, no good outcomes. I come to this channel and a mom showed me without any talking. Best results I’ve had making bread. Trust in moms!!!!!
@zoyavasilevskiy3817 2 years ago

I’ve watched this video probably 30/40 times and made this ciabatta like 5 / 6 times in the time span of like a week and a half, my husband is super impressed and now I have it down by heart, it only gets better and better with every timeout make it, also I doubled the portions by now , (it goes too fast) thank you so much for this simple delicious ciabatta recipe 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@GeorgeWTush 2 years ago

Excellent video. Very clearly demonstrated and no yammering required. Brava!
@frugalcooking523 4 months ago

Thanks for the nice recipe and for not putting any music and bs. Just the way you do it. Clean and nice!
@katec5105 2 years ago

Truly a labor of love
@onshiplessoceans1675 2 years ago

A work of beauty. Thank you.
@rollmeinrice 4 months ago

I barely have enough free time in a day to even watch this video all the way through, let alone actually make the bread, but I sure did enjoy watching what I could.
@meganc.t.8638 2 years ago

your videos are amazing. I'm learning so much more from watching you work with and shape bread dough than I ever have reading recipes. and I get so inspired by all the ways you use up your CSA veggies!!
@Jessejrt1 2 years ago

Thank you for this! I lost the recipe I used about 10 years ago. After trying several "quick and easy" recipes,. I was disappointed withe results. Finally settled on yours because I liked the texture of the crumb in your photo. It worked perfectly, and is super delicious!!
@guilhermejf8642 2 years ago

OMG! Beautiful and looks simpler than most recipes!
@satyris410 1 year ago

Looks absolutely incredible. Thank you for sharing
@369GDW 1 year ago

A thing of beauty to watch!
@davidhill1220 6 months ago

I’m soo hungry! Thank you Patricia
@joannjacquin4983 3 months ago

This looks absolutely amazing!! I have to try your method!
@planecrazyish 2 years ago

Great work 👍 your dough handling skills are so impressive 👏👏👏👏 the bread is beautiful.
@sandrasuvorovaite6155 7 months ago

The best ciabatta bread recipe!
@lyndak5492 3 years ago

Delish! Wowza that’s a process. So soothing to watch you work.
@parvanasalmanova4585 1 year ago

Thanks for the video! The best bread recipe 😍
@1cleandude 6 months ago

Womenly efficient and it looks delicious thanks!🙏🙏🙏