Focaccia

Focaccia

Overview

Focaccia is a flat bread native to Italy, usually topped with herbs or other ingredients, similar to pizza. It has a very soft texture and crispy crust. During the fermentation and baking process, it is always soaked in spiced olive oil, absorbing all kinds of aromas. Try it at home today!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Put the flour, salt, sugar, yeast, 25 grams of olive oil and water into the bread machine barrel

    Focaccia step 1
  2. Start the dough mixing program and knead into a smooth dough

    Focaccia step 2
  3. Put it into a bucket and let it ferment until it doubles in size

    Focaccia step 3
  4. Place the fermented dough into a baking pan and flatten it to deflate and let it rest for a while

    Focaccia step 4
  5. Press the rested dough again with your hands until it is as big as the baking pan

    Focaccia step 5
  6. Place in the oven and cover with a damp cloth for secondary fermentation

    Focaccia step 6
  7. After fermentation for 40 minutes, take out the baking sheet and poke some small holes in the dough with your fingers

    Focaccia step 7
  8. Ferment again for 40 minutes

    Focaccia step 8
  9. Prepared ingredients: Take a small bowl and add an appropriate amount of olive oil, dried rosemary, chopped thyme, and sliced black olives

    Focaccia step 9
  10. Brush a layer of vanilla oil on the fermented dough

    Focaccia step 10
  11. Then sprinkle a little garlic salt evenly

    Focaccia step 11
  12. Finally, insert the black olive slices into the holes in the dough

    Focaccia step 12
  13. Preheat the oven and bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes

    Focaccia step 13
  14. I took it out after half the baking time and brushed it with another layer of vanilla oil

    Focaccia step 14
  15. Then continue to bake in the oven until the end

    Focaccia step 15
  16. When the focaccia bread is finished, take it out of the oven and unmold it. Cut it into pieces and eat it. You can dip it in the remaining spice oil and it will be very fragrant

    Focaccia step 16