Focaccia
Serves
12
Total Time
3hrs 13mins
Calories
165
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.
- Water
1 ½ cups (about 360 g)warm
- Active dried yeast
7 g (about 1 ¾ teaspoons)
- Sugar
1 teaspoon (about 4 g)
- All purpose flour
3 ¾ cups (about 486 g)
- Olive oil
2 tablespoons (about 27 g)
- Salt
1 ½ teaspoons (about 9 g)
- Olive oil
as needed
- Sea salt
as needed
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add water, active dried yeast and sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
- 2. Stir until dissolved
- 3. Let rest until foamy - 5 min
- 4. Add water, all purpose flour, olive oil and salt to the dough
- 5. Mix until combined
- 6. Turn out on lightly-floured surface
- 7. Knead until elastic - approx 7 min
- 8. Grease a clean large mixing bowl with olive oil
- 9. Transfer dough to large mixing bowl
- 10. Cover with plastic wrap
- 11. Let rest large mixing bowl until doubled - 1 hr
- 12. Grease a clean jelly roll pan lightly with olive oil
- 13. Punch down large mixing bowl
- 14. Flatten content of large mixing bowl onto jelly roll pan
- 15. Cover with plastic wrap
- 16. Let rest until doubled - 45 min
- 17. Press an indentation
- 18. Drizzle with olive oil
- 19. Sprinkle with sea salt
- 20. Cover with plastic wrap
- 21. Let rest until doubled - 45 min
- 22. Pre-heat oven - 230°C
- 23. Bake until light golden - 18 min, 230°C, low rack
METHOD
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