An Italian style crispy, flat bread, usually baked on rocks in a bakery oven.
Ciabatta is the Italian term for slipper - this describes the appearance of the traditional long flat loaf made with olive oil. It has a light, open structure and a crisp, floury crust. Uses: Ciabatta is good sliced horizontally and filled with cold meat, cheese and tomatoes or cut it into thick vertical slices and serve as an accompaniment to pasta. To store: Keep in a cool dry place and use by the best before date. Ciabatta can be frozen for up to 2 months, defrost thoroughly before using.
A loaf of moist aerated Italian bread made with olive oil.
a slipper, worn in the house
A flatter, rectangular shaped bread with a tan-brown crust. Loaves should be more flat than high and the bread should have large alveoles and lots of them. Ciabatta means "slipper" in Italian and the loaf resembles the shape of a foot slipper.
Flattish slipper-shaped loaves of bread with a pale crisp crust that is made with olive oil, and flavored with fresh or dried herbs, olives, or sun dried tomatoes. Delicious when served warm or used for sandwiches.
These flattish, slipper shaped loaves with squared or rounded edges are made with olive oil and are often flavoured with fresh or dried herbs, olives or sun dried tomatoes. They have an airy texture inside and a pale crisp crust. Ciabatta is delicious served warm and is excellent for sandwiches.
Ciabatta means 'slipper' in Italian and describes...
Ciabatta (IPA chart for English, pronounced in English [tʃabˈatËa]), is an Italian white bread made with wheat flour and yeast. The loaf is somewhat elongated, broad and flattish: in Italian ciabatta means ‘slipper’. Since the late 1990s it has been popular across Europe and in the United States, and is widely used as a sandwich bread.
