Zea flour ciabatta bread

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1.	In a big bowl, sift and mix flours and flaxseed.
2.	In a smaller bowl, mix lukewarm water, olive oil, yeast and part of the flour, as for the yeast to be dissolved and activated.
3.	Mix all the ingredients together with a spoon. Dough will be watery.
4.	Place the dough in a warm place, covered with a towel for 30 minutes.
5.	Then you begin to fold gently the dough to the center of the bowl, with wet hands. Add sea salt at this point.
6.	Let the dough rest for half an hour, covered with a towel.
7.	Repeat folding for another 3 times, every half an hour. You‘ll note that in every next folding dough will be more manageable.
8.	After 4 times, cover bowl with the lid and place it to the fridge overnight.
9.	Next morning take it out of the fridge. You can directly divide the dough or you can let it aside for 1 hour, so it comes in a room temperature.
10.	In a floured surface, you transfer the dough and divide carefully in 4 equal parts, trying not release air from inside and loose these beautiful cells.
11.	Place the dough onto baking pans covered with non-stick paper, flour their surface.
12.	Preheat the oven for about half an hour at 250o Celsius.
13.	Bake every loaf for 25 minutes until they get a beautiful golden brown color.
14.	For a crispier crust, put a baking pan with water to the bottom of the oven.
15.	Let every loaf to a cooling rack until completely cool.
16.	You can keep them out of the fridge for 2-3 days (they dry easily) or you can keep them for more to the fridge.

NOTES

This kind of dough doesn’t need kneading but folding, so the air gets trapped in it and creates these beautiful cells that I adore. So, it needs soft handling.
Don’t forget to wet your hands during folding.
Don’t add sea salt from the beginning, because it might destroy the yeast. Yeast likes sweet instead. That’s why we fed her with honey.
Try to divide the dough at once, eliminating your movements with the cutter.
You can see also Ciabatta bread and Beetroot ciabatta bread recipes.