In a big bowl, add your water and sourdough starter. Dissolve the starter within the water along with your fingers. Add the flour and proceed mixing till no dry flour stays.
Let the combination relaxation. After 10 minutes, add your salt and the remaining water. Use your fingers to mash and blend the dough collectively till the whole lot is absolutely included.
Cowl with a humid tea material and let the dough relaxation. After half-hour, carry out a stretch and fold along with your dough. Use your hand to tug up from beneath the dough, then shortly fold into the center, turning the bowl 90 levels every time.
Repeat this course of an additional two instances, for a complete of three stretch and folds over 1.5 hours. If utilizing yeast, you’ll solely want to do that as soon as.
Go away your dough to bulk ferment for an additional 4-5 hours, or 2 hours if utilizing yeast.
Generously mud your work floor with flour. Your dough ought to be swollen and springy to the contact after its bulk fermentation. Sprinkle the dough with a lightweight dusting of flour and prove to your floor. Weigh out roughly 200g parts of dough, and start to form every portion into rectangular, ciabatta form.
Go away every ciabatta to show on a floured picket board for 3 hours, or 1.5 hours if utilizing yeast.
Fireplace up your Ooni pizza oven. Purpose for 952°F (500°C) on the stone baking board inside. You’ll be able to examine the temperature of your oven shortly and simply utilizing the Ooni Infrared Thermometer.
Utilizing a small quantity of flour, mud your Ooni pizza peel. Take your confirmed Ciabatta and utilizing each fingers, flip the dough the other way up and onto your peel. Load your peel with as many rolls you are feeling snug with.
Proper earlier than you’re able to cook dinner, flip the flame fully off. Slide the ciabatta off your peel and into your oven, and go away for 5-7 minutes to cook dinner within the residual warmth. When you see the breads puffing up and taking form, flip the oven again on to a low flame.
You will have to intently monitor the breads, rotating repeatedly to make sure they don’t get scorched. Take away the breads after 8-10 minutes of cooking, or till crispy and brown. Whole baking time will likely be roughly 13-17 minutes relying on the preliminary temperature of the oven.
Serve heat, scrumptious on their very own or stuffed along with your filling of alternative. Save for later as a terrific lunch, snack or aspect!
