Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, focaccia bread. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Focaccia bread is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Focaccia bread is something which I have loved my entire life.
This recipe leaves two crucial things for focaccia bread. Our focaccia has a moist but airy crumb sandwiched between thin but ultra-crunchy top and bottom crusts, thanks to a generous amount of olive oil. Italian focaccia bread is a fantastic gateway to the the world of bread making. This recipe simplifies the dough making process, step-by-step.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have focaccia bread using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Focaccia bread:
- Prepare 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Get 1-2 garlic cloves minced
- Take 1/2 tablespoon fresh thyme (or other herb if not available)
- Make ready 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- Prepare 1/2 cup warm water
- Make ready 1 1/8 teaspoon active dry yeast
- Prepare 1/8 teaspoon honey
- Take 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 2 cloves chopped garlic (for top of bread)
- Take Sun dried tomatoes to taste (for top of the bread)
It has a crisp outside and soft inside, and is perfect to serve with dinner, soups. Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product similar in style and texture to pizza dough. Focaccia can be used as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread. Focaccia al rosmarino (focaccia with rosemary).
Steps to make Focaccia bread:
- In a cold medium skillet, combine olive oil, minced garlic, thyme, rosemary, and the black pepper. Place the pan over low heat and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 to 10 minutes or until aromatic, but before the garlic browns. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the warm water, yeast, and honey. Stir a few times then let sit for 5 minutes.
- Add 1/2 cup of the flour and a 1/8 cup of the infused garlic-olive oil mixture to the bowl with yeast and honey. Stir 3 to 4 times until the flour has moistened. Let sit for another 5 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining 3/4 cups of flour and the salt. When the dough comes together, transfer to a floured board and knead 10 to 15 times until smooth.
- Transfer the dough to a large oiled bowl, cover with a warm, samp towel and let rise for 1 hour. (It’s best to let the dough rise in a warmer area of your kitchen like your oven).
- After 1-1.5 hours, preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Use one tablespoons of the remaining garlic-olive oil mixture to oil a 6x10 approx rimmed baking sheet.
- Transfer the dough to the baking sheet then press it down into the pan. Use your fingers to dimple the dough then drizzle the top with the remaining garlic-olive oil mixture. Let the dough rise for 20 minutes until it puffs slightly.
- Roast garlic chopped for top of the bread
- Sprinkle garlic (and any other garnish) on top of bread
- Bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Add sub dried tomatoes half way through baking. Cool baked focaccia bread on a wire rack.
Focaccia can be used as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread. Focaccia al rosmarino (focaccia with rosemary). Home » Bread & Bakery » Traditional Focaccia Bread Focaccia Genovese. Focaccia is one of the most famous Italian flatbreads. Typical to Liguria and Genoa in particular it's often called focaccia..
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