As I think I mentioned before, I got my mixer mainly so that I could make bread's from a sloppy dough which would be too hard to handle by hand (based on what Paul Hollywood said in his book). One of these recipes was ciabatta, so I thought i'd have a go as they seem like a pretty simple bread. The dough was super easy to make, and although using a mixer does feel a bit like cheating it feels pretty cool to be able to walk around whilst it 'does it's thing' without help.
The dough is left to prove in a square/rectangular container which is supposed to make it easier to shape into individual rolls; the idea being that you simply tip the risen dough out onto a floured surface and cut it in a cross shape into four pieces. That's not exactly how it happened for me as the dough was so soft when I turned it out, almost runny, so I had to gently shape them back into rough rectangles. Even so, I think they look pretty uniform, and they tasted great too!
I think my favourite thing about this bread (maybe it's just my loaves in particular) it the swirly floury pattern across it; they look so pretty!
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