Focaccia Bread
Course: AppetizersCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: EasyServings
4
servingsPrep time
10
minutesBaking time
15
minutesResting time
1
hourTotal time
1
hour25
minutesFocaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product similar to pizza dough. Focaccia can be used as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread. Focaccia al rosmarino is a common focaccia style in Italian cuisine that may be served as an antipasto, appetizer, table bread, or snack
Ingredients
1 cup warm water
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
¼ tsp honey
2 ½ cup all purpose flour
½ tsp salt
¼ cup olive oil
Fresh chopped herbs (Thyme, rosemary, red crushed pepper, basil)
10 chopped black olives
Directions
- In a bowl, take the warm water and add in the active dry yeast, honey and mix well. Let this sit aside on your counter for about 8-10 minutes until frothy
- In another large mixing bowl, add the flour, olive oil, salt & chopped herbs and mix well
- Add the frothy yeast mix to the large mixing bowl and combine well
- Knead this mixture for 5 minutes. Cover with cling wrap and prove for 1 hour. You can rest this mixture over the kitchen countertop
- Transfer the dough to 9×13 inch baking dish and using your fingers make dimples/ deep dents all over the surface of the dough
- Brush some olive oil, few herbs & garnish with chopped olives
- Preheat the oven to 450F and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the dough is slightly golden brown and cooked through
- Remove from the oven and drizzle with more olive oil if desired. Slice, and serve warm
PRO TIP
- Finely mince and mix a large clove of fresh garlic into the dough to give it some extra garlicky flavor
- This focaccia would also be delicious with some Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top!
- Use different herbs that you have. In place of the fresh rosemary, feel free to use fresh sage or tarragon
- If you don’t have fresh herbs, you can use dried herbs instead (dried rosemary or Italian seasoning)