On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:15:53 -0700 (PDT), viince >
wrote:

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>> Very nice. Thanks for providing the links.
>>
>> What temp is the oven?
>
>250C most of times, sometimes 240, sometimes 260 or 270. I like to
>bake them at quite a high temperature so they get a nice colour with
>forming too much crust, people like ciabatta to be soft, not crusty.

Lovely oven.

I can get my home oven to 260C for bread baking and often do my
leanest sourdoughs there at least for a start.

When I win the lottery I want an industrial baking area tucked off to
one side of the kitchen. OH, and a wood-fired oven, too.

Boron