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Ciabatta di Como
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After last week’s unfortunate and not well-received brunch we need to make amends. The first thing to do is to make some nice bread to compensate for the Nigella bread which was quite nice but chock full of allergens. Nuts, as they say.

So I was up a wee bit earlier than usual to start a biga for the bread. A biga is a stiff mixture of flour, water and yeast which you let sit for a day in its bowl. By the end of this the yeast has created a light, bubbly mixture that’s a bit like dough. You can then build up a proper dough around this base for bubbly breads like ciabatta, which is what I’ll be making with it tomorrow morning.