So much fiber, so little time: Ciabatta day

2007.09.16

Ciabatta day

This is our first truly autumnal night/day of the season, and I'm exploiting it by doing long, slow rises for ciabatta. (In fact, the house is so cool, I had to put the dough in a very slightly pre-heated oven to kick-start the yeast! There are slow rises, and then there are interminable rises ...) I've also been reading the new King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking cookbook, which has a wonderful array of recipes. It has given me lots of ideas for the upcoming bake-to-heat-the-house season.

I have been knitting, but I can't show pictures. Schaefer Yarn has introduced several new yarns, and I've worked up a design that is so very much not my taste (think 20-something Knitty-esque) in one of them. But it looks good, for something that isn't what I'd consider functional, and shows off the yarn nicely.

101 Designer One-Skein Wonders comes out on October 30. I'm hoping for no printing errors in my pattern this time!

Posted at 03:15 PM in Fiber, Food and Drink | Permalink

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Yum, ciabatta sounds just right! I'm going to try the Asiago ciabatta recipe from King Arthur (as soon as I get the Asiago!) Do you use their artisan bread flour for yours?

Posted by: Charleen | 2007.09.16 at 05:15 PM

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