crazy ciabatta

[JillStephens7]

well, if it's true what they say that whatever you're doing at midnight on new years eve, you will be doing all year ... then this year I will mostly be making really peculiar ciabatta dough.

When I baked it this morning, the outside was like pastry and the inside like cake. Sort of like a cake bourguignon

Tastes ok though, which is more than can be said for some of my other bread making attempts. Hopefully next batch will be an improvement xx

[Green Aura]

As long as it tastes OK who cares

I hope you're wrong about the midnight thing - as I was filling my face with food and booze it doesn't bode well for losing weight

[JillStephens7]

don't worry, I'm sure we're destined for greater things!

OH won't eat any of my ciabatta in case it gives him tummy ache, so I am chomping way through whole loaf, nearly done now ... which doesn't bode well for losing weight either

[JillStephens7]

Second ciabatta was a great improvement on the first, lost the pastry crust but still a bit stodgy in the middle.

OH ate some (probably to avoid a repeat of my hang-dog look when he didn't want any of the first one!)

Really will expode if I eat any more today, so batch 3 will have to wait til tomorrow

[Helsbells]

Oh dear, I was doing the conga with my friend in the green opposite my house!!

[spitfire]

i won't tell you all what i was doing hope i have the stamina to do it the rest of the year though

[Green Aura]

Ooh I'm quite envious spitfire - I guess it wouldn't have been appropriate in the company of my mother and daughter though, eh?

[Millymollymandy]

Watching absolutely dire French television (just because it was midnight!!). Oh My God.

[indy]

I was conned into watching the football results on sky sports by my friend's husband....oh god

[Millymollymandy]

You win - that's a lot worse!

[JillStephens7]