Focaccia Bread
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
500g | 4 cups | Universal Flour |
1 tablespoon | Salt | |
1 teaspoon | Sugar | |
400ml | 1 ¾ cup | Water (warm) |
2 ¼ teaspoons | 1 envelope | Dry Yeast |
1 cup | Olive Oil | |
Coarse Sea Salt | ||
Thyme | ||
Rosemary | ||
Oregano |
- Put the yeast into the warm water and wait for it to show some foam.
- Put the salt, sugar and the flour into the bowl of a food processor and add the yeast-water mixture. Drizzle in some of the olive oil.
- Pulse it until a ball of dough forms. The dough should be moist but not too sticky.
- Cover the walls of a bowl with olive oil, put the ball of dough in it and see to cover the dough on all sides.
- Cover the bowl and leave it on a warm place to rise for approximately 2 hours or in a fridge over night.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/425F/Gas7.
- Cover the bottom and the sides of the baking form or baking sheet with olive oil.
- Punch down the dough and place it in the baking form or on the baking sheet. Coax and stretch until it covers the bottom.
- Let it rest for about 30-45 minutes.
- Use your fingertips to dimple the surface all over
- Cover the surface with olive oil. It is fine if it pools in the indentations.
- Take the rest of the small chopped thyme, rosemary, oregano or a certain mixture, at least 2 scant tablespoons and sprinkle it over the dough.
- Sprinkle the loaf with a few pinches of coarse salt.
- Place it on the middle rack of your oven baking it for about 20-25 minutes.
- Check on it after 15 minutes, the focaccia is done when its golden-brown.
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