The original ciabatta recipe contained 75% water ... Ciabatta is regarded as a traditional Italian bread today, and this is largely due to Cavallari's marketing effort in the 1980s.

Or make sandwiches filled with Italian meats, cheese and tomatoes. Ciabatta bread also works well in toasted or grilled sandwiches (known as 'panini' in Britain).

The ciabatta's creator Arnaldo Cavallari was a proud Italian who was sick ... three bakers when refining their recipe. One of the bakers noticed that the bread hadn't risen very high, creating ...

"The idea started from making a better bread then a French baguette. Ciabatta bread for sure is ... Arnaldo, a four-time Italian Rally champion was a big character in Marco's town Adria.