Ciabatta Rolls With Green Olives And Chillies

Total Time: 15 hrs Preparation Time: 12 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/2 teaspoon quick-rising yeast
• 175 g bread flour
• 200 ml water
• 1/4 teaspoon quick-rising yeast
• 325 g bread flour
• 1/2 teaspoon caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 80 ml water
• 100 g green pitted olives in brine
• 1 teaspoon oregano (dried)
• 3/4 teaspoon chili flakes (dried)
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 for this recipe use your bread machine and use the same quantities as mine, but you may need to change the order of ingredients for stage 2.
• 2 stage 1.
• 3 add the ingredients in the order shown.
• 4 select pizza dough program and turn off the machine after 15 minutes.
• 5 leave for 12 hours in the kitchen.
• 6 stage 2.
• 7 add the ingredients listed in stage 2 to the yeasty mixture from stage 1, in the order given for your machine for a basic dough.
• 8 start the machine using the basic dough program with extra ingredients to be added during the program.
• 9 meanwhile rinse the olives in water to remove the brine and drain them. cut each olive into four pieces and dry them on kitchen paper.
• 10 when your machine bleeps for the additional ingredients, add the stage 3 ingredients and restart the machine if necessary.
• 11 the the dough program cycle is finished, turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface. it will be sticky so lightly flour your hands first.
• 12 lightly oil a baking sheet and then cover it with either a dusting of flour or semolina and shake off the surplus.
• 13 heat the oven to 425 f (220 c).
• 14 form the dough into a loose ball, but do not knead it. divide into eight equal pieces, roughly shape them into balls and place on the baking sheet. sprinkle the rolls with a dusting of flour.
• 15 put the into a warm place until doubled in size, about 20 – 30 minutes. (don't worry if it doesn't rise very much, it will rise during baking).
• 16 put in the oven and bake for 20 – 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• 17 at end of baking period, remove for oven and place on a cooling rack to cool for a while.
• 18 your ciabatta rolls can be eaten warm or allowed to cool. they will keep in a tin for a day or so. enjoy.