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      Title: CIABATTA
 Categories: Breads, Italian
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
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     12 oz Flour
    1/4 ts Yeast, dry
      7 fl ;Water, warm
           Olive oil

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    1/2 pt ;Water, warm
      1 tb Olive oil
      5 tb Milk, warm
  1 1/4 lb Flour
      1 ts Yeast, dry
      1 tb Salt
           Cornmeal to dust
 
  Add yeast to sifted flour and slowly mix in the water. Beat for five
  minutes. Place in a bowl and brush with olive oil. Cover and leave to
  rise in a warm place until tripled in size (5-24 hours). Now chill.
  
  Stir the warm water, milk and olive oil into the chilled mixture.
  Slowly add this mixture to the 1 1/4 lb of flour, adding the yeast
  and salt.
  
  Using either a food processor or those at the end of your wrists,
  form into a dough and then knead on a floured surface until springy .
  Put dough in an oiled bowl, cover and leave to rise until doubled in
  size.
  
  Divide into four and stretch dough into rectangles, pressing flat
  with your knuckles. Cover with a damp cloth and leave in a warm place
  for 2 hours. Pre-heat oven to 450 F. Heat baking sheets in oven. Dust
  baking sheets with cornmeal and place dough on top.
  
  Bake for 25 minutes, sprinkling with water three times during the
  first 10 minutes.
 
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