Focaccia

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recipe by Good Housekeeping www.goodhousekeeping.com

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    3hrs 13mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    165
based on 2 ratings

Whether plain, herbed or embellished with a topping, focaccia is the ideal accompaniment for an Italian meal. Fill with meats, cheeses or grilled vegetables for irresistible sandwiches.

recipe updated Sep 4, 2018

Ingredients

  • Water icon
    Water
    120ml
  • Active dried yeast icon
    Active dried yeast
    7g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    4g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    486g
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    30ml
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    9g
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    as needed
  • Sea salt icon
    Sea salt
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Jelly roll pan - 15.5 x 10.5 x 1"

Step preview

  1. Get a clean large mixing bowl
  2. Add warm water
  3. Add active dried yeast
  4. Add sugar
  5. Stir until dissolved
  6. Let rest for 5min until foamy
  7. Add warm water
  8. Add all purpose flour
  9. Add olive oil
  10. Add salt
  11. Mix until combined
  12. Turn out on lightly-floured surface
  13. Knead for approx 7min until elastic
  14. Get a clean large mixing bowl
  15. Grease with olive oil
  16. Transfer dough to large mixing bowl
  17. Cover with plastic wrap
  18. Let rest dough for 1h until doubled
  19. Grease with olive oil with a jelly roll pan lightly
  20. Punch down dough
  21. Flatten dough onto jelly roll pan
  22. Cover with plastic wrap
  23. Let rest for 45min until doubled
  24. Press an indentation
  25. Drizzle with olive oil
  26. Sprinkle with sea salt
  27. Cover with plastic wrap
  28. Let rest for 45min until doubled
  29. Pre-heat
  30. Bake for 18min on low rack until light golden
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