Recipe:
For the dough:
350g/12oz Strong white bread flour
200ml warm water
50ml Extra virgin olive oil
One 7g sachet of quick action yeast
1/2 tsp Salt
For the topping you can use whatever you like although the olive oil is essential and the salt highly recommended, I used:
1 Small onion cut into wedges
A handful of black olives, halved
Mixed Italian herbs
Extra-virgin olive oil
Sea salt flakes
To make the Foccacia:
- Mix the flour yeast and salt together in a large bowl, make a well in the centre and pour in the oil and water.
- Bring everything together to form a dough (it will be quite sticky) knead for a few minutes on a well floured surface (you will need to rub some flour on your hands too, it is sticky!)
- Cover the bowl with oiled clingfilm and leave to in a warm place to rise for at least 1 1/2 hours but preferably overnight.
- Once the dough has risen knock it back and press out onto a large baking tray (you could make smaller breads by cutting up first)
- Pre-heat your oven o gas 6/400f/200c
- Using your fingers press dimples all over the surface of the dough, this will stop all the olive oil running off.
- Sprinkle over your toppings, drizzle generously with olive oil (don't be stingy with it!) and sprinkle over some sea salt.
- Leave to rise again for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Bake for around 30 minutes.
i agree... truly fantastic... :)
ReplyDeleteOh this looks fantastic! I assume you use 1.7g of yeast? It looks like 17 grams of yeast on my screen and although I am American and have my grams/oz. detriment, 17 grams seems like a lot? I have a recipe for foccacia that I make occasionally, but it looks no where near as good as yours. I'm switching recipes!
ReplyDeleteI love focaccia, too and the ingredients you used here (just olives and onions) are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteahh...I've been wanting to try making focaccia for awhile. Yours looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteMikky: Thanks, it was good!
ReplyDeleteJoie de vivre: Sorry if it's not very clear, I meant one (a single) 7g sachet, that's the standard size here. I'm glad you liked it!
Karen: Yeah they're my favourite too, they make great bread!
pigpigscorner: You should give it a go, it really isn't that difficult. You'll get the best results if you make the dough the night before and finish it in the morning.
I've never made it - will have to give it a try
ReplyDeleteMe too, something I've never tried and it looks like it will be going on the list for next weekend!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sam :-))
Certainly sounds fantastic. I love the toppings you put on, but it is fun how versatile focaccia is. I'm going to have to make some soon!
ReplyDeleteI love focaccia, too - it's so much fun to dimple the dough and get your hands covered in olive oil! And then the eating part is good, too. :)
ReplyDeleteIt does look fantastic - tasty and pretty too. Great post.
ReplyDeleteYour focaccia has come out great! If only I could conquer my aversion to raw yeast I'd love to have a go at this
ReplyDeleteLooks great, have done a few breads but not gotten around to focaccia, will have to add to list! :)
ReplyDelete2 savoury recipes in a row!? Sam are you feeling OK?
ReplyDeleteLove focaccia and I have a great bottle of cold press olive oil that tastes so yummy it will go rancid because I use it so sparingly. Time to go liberal with it and this fantastic focaccia is the perfect way.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like something I'd also want to dip in olive oil :). Delicious!
ReplyDeleteFocaccia is one of the easiest breads to make. This looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying this today. I think I'll try to shoot it, but I don't think it will be as pretty as your picture!
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