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  • #31
    Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

    First, salt definitely inhibits yeast, but not in a bad way. Whenever one type of dough is moving faster than all the rest, I usually find that it is because I forgot to add the salt. I've tried adding it at the beginning of the mix and part way through, but I haven't paid attention enough to make a judgment. One thing I have found is that the dough seems noticeably more sticky (not necessarily wetter or looser) before the salt is added. I suspect it's also doing something chemically to affect the protein structure. But anyway...

    We use Hamelman's biga ciabatta, but with 3% olive oil, too. I add the yeast to the water, then olive oil, then mix in flour and salt, adding the biga in chunks as it comes together. After the initial mix, it sits for around a half hour, while I get everything else ready for the night (prepping other mixes, collecting wood for the fire). This rest has helped with a lot of our looser breads, seems to give a bit more structure with less mixing. This ciabatta tends to come out best when the dough is troublingly wet. After the final mixing, it goes straight in the fridge, but still gets 2 folds, roughly an hour each, but I let myself get behind schedule because it's in the fridge. After the second fold, it stays in the fridge until morning. Then, we come in, pull it out and let it warm up for 30 minutes or so while we tend to the oven, then divide it and proof. Coming from the fridge seems to be very helpful. I think it's easier to divide it without deflation, and (this is a good thing for us) it takes a lot longer to proof, so your window to load is longer, and I think it holds up to the loading better, too. In the winter, we proof for 2-3 hours, and it comes out very nice. I'll get pictures one day, but it's a very, very open crumb.

    All in all, consider a rest in the mix (I think it makes the second mix more effective), don't be afraid to make it too wet, build strength through folding, and use the fridge. How's this for a t-shirt:

    Real bakers put their bulk in the fridge.

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    • #32
      Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

      I didn't think I should start a whole new thread for a couple of photos so I'll add them here...although it is based on the Reinhart formula...using biga...and we opt for no olive oil or malt...although they do tend to change the crust color a bit...it is about a 75% hydration...these hit the hearth at a temperature of about 475F...took about 20 minutes...we usually don't return from our farmer's market booth with anything leftover but this week's market was a drag...lots of rain and thunderstorms and the university had graduation so it ended up to be very slow...lucky for us though as we got to eat some of our own bread!...don't be alarmed by the Wonder bag in the backround...hot dog rolls...we haven't figured out how to make them yet...working on it though!
      All the best from a soggy Mississippi!
      Dutch
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      • #33
        Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

        Looks great. Sounds like we use very similar formulas - no oil, no malt. I ususally go to 80% and 85 when I feel adventurous but...75 is certainly easier to deal with!

        Looks great!
        Jay

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        • #34
          Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

          Jay
          You would have to feel adventurous to go to 85%...and work with a very sure hand...have to have really good flour too...our final dough prep is about 83% hydration but using a biga that is about 68% I estimate the final % in the neighborhood of 75...it was fun to eat some of our own bread for once in a while...had it dipped in olive oil with oven roasted red peppers, locatelli romano, some crushed red pepper...MMM!
          Thanks and all the best!
          Dutch
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          • #35
            Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

            Hi Dutch,

            The Ciabatta looks great. Beautiful looking crumb.
            I was thinking of doing some on the weekend and I had a question - Any reason why you put the bread in at 475 F and not 500 or 550?
            Salv

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            • #36
              Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

              Originally posted by Salv B View Post
              Hi Dutch,

              The Ciabatta looks great. Beautiful looking crumb.
              I was thinking of doing some on the weekend and I had a question - Any reason why you put the bread in at 475 F and not 500 or 550?
              Thanks Salv!
              Quite a simple reason actually...those were baked for our Farmer's Market booth and I think there was a total of about 120 pounds of bread baked that day and the ciabatta were about the 5th load in line...I actually have found that the primary difference in the temps is really bake time...we have baked our ciabatta as low as 425 and seen little change in quality...although they do like the hotter temps...
              All the best!
              Dutch
              "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. " Charles Mingus
              "Build at least two brick ovens...one to make all the mistakes on and the other to be just like you dreamed of!" Dutch

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              • #37
                Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                Hi Dutch,

                Thanks for the comments. Wow - 120 pounds of bread is quite an effort.
                I baked a measly 5 loaves of Ciabatta over the weekend at about 540 F and they came out great with a nice reddish crust.
                Salv

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                • #38
                  ciabatta with poolish starter

                  this is a favorite of my wife's I prefer wild yeast bread much tastier

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                  • #39
                    Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                    here is the wild yeast starter bread I made this past weekend 20lb at 575f did burn a few on the bottom from the hot spots on the floor I must learn to balance the heat after the coals are taken out let it rest for a longer time,baked a second batch at 475f ciabatta bread not pleased with carmelization browning, next time I will place some hot coals back in oven for more heat and bake with the coals on one side of the oven I think it will help with carmelization any suggestion James,no pics of ciabatta bread it wa good but no browning

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                    • #40
                      Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                      Great looking bread Mavano!

                      Maybe you can try venting the oven sooner to get better crust coloration. The last image looks like great color, is that a different recipe?

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                      • #41
                        Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                        no that was a different batch of wild yeast with the hot coals on side of oven

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                        • #42
                          Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                          what do you mean by venting?

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                          • #43
                            Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                            Are you steaming the oven before putting the bread in? It looks like you are based on the oven spring shown. Even if you don't, there is a lot of moisture given off by the baking bread. If you crack the door of the oven to let that steam escape in the last 7 minutes or so of baking, it will allow the crust to brown more fully...
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                            • #44
                              Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                              This seems to be the best Ciabatta thread with much good info & pics. I've been making Reinharts Poolish Ciabatta successfully for a couple years. BUT, I've busy building the WFO all year and haven't made it since. I'm going to do it this weekend in my kitchen oven but have some questions:

                              1) I can't seem to find KA's "special bread flour" anymore. Only AP and their generic bread flour and for some reason I thought that was made for bread machines. Which KA flour does everyone use in their Ciabatta?

                              2) There where some earlier posts here about mixing some Caputo in with the KA flour. I've got the big blue bag of Caputo purchased here on FB. Should I try mixing it in? Would that help the regular AP flour?

                              3rd) I usually made it in 1 day (but the poolish is always the day before). I'll be cooking all day sunday so I'd like to make dough Saturday, overnight refridg, and just divide, proof and bake on Sunday morning. Should I do anything different to Reinharts basic recipe for overnight bulk retarding? Should I instead divide dough, do 1 fold on Sat, refridg it, then Sun, 1 final fold after it comes to room temp then bake?

                              Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks, Dino
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                              • #45
                                Re: Hamelman's Poolish Ciabatta

                                Hi Dino!

                                I use KA regular bread flour for ciabatta. I don't think adding Caputo would do much different from AP which I don't add. I think you may get in trouble quick if you add low gluten flour without cutting back the water.

                                Good luck!
                                Jay

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