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the bread literally named after a slipper, and proud of it
means A rustic Italian white bread with a crisp crust and an airy, holey crumb, baked in a broad flattish loaf.
from From Italian ciabatta, meaning "slipper" — the loaf earned the name from its flat, floppy, worn-down-shoe shape. The bread itself is surprisingly young: it was developed in Italy in the 1980s as a homegrown answer to the French baguette. The word ciabatta is of uncertain deeper origin, possibly related to other Mediterranean shoe-words like the Turkish çabata, but the slipper sense is what stuck to the dough.
- invented
- Created in 1982 to fight French baguette dominance
- means slipper
- Ciabatta is Italian for worn-out slipper
- wet dough
- Hydration so high the dough barely holds shape
- signature holes
- Big irregular air pockets are the goal, not a flaw
- young recipe
- Younger than the personal computer
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