AuthorSOMYA GUPTAFocaccia bread is a very new trend in now days. This bread is not only art bread but also delicious too. its decorate with fresh vegetables and herbs to make beautiful artistic bread. you also try with your kids to decorate this.
Combine 1 cup of warm water with your yeast and sugar and mix to combine. Set it aside for about 5 minutes or until it looks foamy
Place the water/yeast mixture in the stand mixer bowl. Add in about 1 cup of flour and mix on low speed.
Add in the rest of your water, the olive oil and the salt and half of your remaining flour. Mix on low until combined
Continue adding in your flour while mixing on low until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If it's still too sticky, add in a couple more Tablespoons of flour until it comes together. The dough will be very soft though.
After kneading, place dough on countertop and knead more for 2-3 mins with your hands until your dough develops some gluten
Place your dough into a bowl with about a Tablespoon of olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours or until it has doubled in size.
Pour enough olive oil into a 9"x9" sheet pan (or any pan of similar size) so there is a thin layer of oil covering the entire bottom of the pan.
Transfer dough onto that baking tray. Stretch the dough to fit the entire pan. Cover and let it rise for another 30-40 minutes or until doubled in size. Once the dough has doubled in size, make about 15-16 indents all over the dough.
You can use your fingers or the back of a spatula to make dimples in the focaccia dough.
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
While the oven is heating, you can top your bread with olives, rosemary, and sea salt. Finally, drizzle olive oil all over the unbaked focaccia bread.
Bake the focaccia bread in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Once done, remove from oven and brush with more olive oil if desired.
Let the freshly baked focaccia bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
Slice the focaccia bread into squares pieces and serve warm.
Ingredients
Directions
Combine 1 cup of warm water with your yeast and sugar and mix to combine. Set it aside for about 5 minutes or until it looks foamy
Place the water/yeast mixture in the stand mixer bowl. Add in about 1 cup of flour and mix on low speed.
Add in the rest of your water, the olive oil and the salt and half of your remaining flour. Mix on low until combined
Continue adding in your flour while mixing on low until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If it's still too sticky, add in a couple more Tablespoons of flour until it comes together. The dough will be very soft though.
After kneading, place dough on countertop and knead more for 2-3 mins with your hands until your dough develops some gluten
Place your dough into a bowl with about a Tablespoon of olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours or until it has doubled in size.
Pour enough olive oil into a 9"x9" sheet pan (or any pan of similar size) so there is a thin layer of oil covering the entire bottom of the pan.
Transfer dough onto that baking tray. Stretch the dough to fit the entire pan. Cover and let it rise for another 30-40 minutes or until doubled in size. Once the dough has doubled in size, make about 15-16 indents all over the dough.
You can use your fingers or the back of a spatula to make dimples in the focaccia dough.
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
While the oven is heating, you can top your bread with olives, rosemary, and sea salt. Finally, drizzle olive oil all over the unbaked focaccia bread.
Bake the focaccia bread in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Once done, remove from oven and brush with more olive oil if desired.
Let the freshly baked focaccia bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
Slice the focaccia bread into squares pieces and serve warm.
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