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biga
starter/sourdough
Biga is a yeast starter, made with yeast (lievito), water and flour and kept overnight for the making of breads with a light crumb such as ciabatta or mafalda. It's also used for sourdough bread in Friuli; biga servolana are sourdough rolls.
In Sicily it's often called cresciuta.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
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