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We started out with a simple idea, make BLTA's. (The A is for avacado.) Then my wife decided to make Ciabatta bread for the BLT's...good thing it was still Saturday as this bread requires a 12+ hour rest period. We had used store bought before and loved it so we figured fresh baked would be even better. We started the bread Saturday night and by Sunday we were read to bake.
We made four loaves with the idea of getting two large sandwiches out of each loaf.
Here's one of the loaves on the MAK @425, takes about 15-20 minutes to bake...almost done.
Here two of the four are done.
When the bread was done we smoked some peppered bacon.
Some of the bacon was then added to a pan of baked beans on the upper shelf of the MAK.
The loaves were halved and toasted with butter, all ready to assemble! (The lettuce is from our garden, first crop of the season!)
Sandwich number 1.
Plated with some baked beans. (the flowers are from our garden, the Iris's just started blooming yesterday)
Ciabatta bread is perfect for sandwiches, crispy outside crust, soft and chewy inside, lots of cavities to hold butter, mayonnaise, etc. and the bread doesn't get soggy. These turned out great! The baked beans were pretty tasty too. The bacon came from a small farm a few miles south of our house that markets their own swine and beef products.
Fresh strawberries, got to have dessert!
Thanks for looking!
We made four loaves with the idea of getting two large sandwiches out of each loaf.
Here's one of the loaves on the MAK @425, takes about 15-20 minutes to bake...almost done.
Here two of the four are done.
When the bread was done we smoked some peppered bacon.
Some of the bacon was then added to a pan of baked beans on the upper shelf of the MAK.
The loaves were halved and toasted with butter, all ready to assemble! (The lettuce is from our garden, first crop of the season!)
Sandwich number 1.
Plated with some baked beans. (the flowers are from our garden, the Iris's just started blooming yesterday)
Ciabatta bread is perfect for sandwiches, crispy outside crust, soft and chewy inside, lots of cavities to hold butter, mayonnaise, etc. and the bread doesn't get soggy. These turned out great! The baked beans were pretty tasty too. The bacon came from a small farm a few miles south of our house that markets their own swine and beef products.
Fresh strawberries, got to have dessert!
Thanks for looking!
