Half term guests, and we ran out of bread. I am very fond of supermarket "Ciabatta Mix" in smallish packet, only add water. I did this a few days ago but what with half term outings and wholesale exhaustion after entertaining three 6 yr olds and younger sister, it never made it into the oven but stayed in fridge.
So I am reporting, possibly not for the first time, that little lumps of dough can be rolled into thin circles in flour and dry fried in a suitable flat pan. Great excitement at shaking the pan to loosen the breads, then flipping them over like pancakes, then watching breathlessly to see them puff up into pitta breads.
When slightly cooled, fill with hummus and salad, or butter and marmalade, or smoked salmon and asparagus (guests brought the salmon, asparagus is growing wildly with all this rain and warmish temperatures). Drew the line at porridge sandwiches.
Normally I make own wholemeal bread by hand, but this Ciabatta packet takes 3 minutes to mix, and rises energetically whether on table or in fridge, and keeps for ages. Very good stand by.
