Italian focaccia bread

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake Italian focaccia flatbread? Prepare your ingredients. Use fast-acting yeast, you can replace the oil with regular sunflower oil, but the real Italian taste will, of course, be with olive oil.

2. STEP 2

   

   Sift the flour into a deep bowl. Make a depression in the center.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour yeast, salt, and olive oil into the well. Pour in some warm water.

4. STEP 4

   

   Knead the dough, collecting flour from the edges to the center, gradually adding water. You should get an elastic, non-sticky dough. Adjust its consistency with the amount of water.

5. STEP 5

   

   Roll the dough into a ball, cover with a towel and leave in a warm place for 2 hours.

6. STEP 6

   

   Grease a round pan (⍉ 28-30 cm) with olive oil and distribute the dough evenly over it. You can use a rolling pin, or you can use your hands, whichever is more convenient for you.

7. STEP 7

   

   Use your fingers to make indentations across the entire surface of the dough. Brush the surface of the dough with olive oil.

8. STEP 8

   

   Sprinkle the focaccia with coarse sea salt and rosemary needles. Instead of fresh, you can use dry.

9. STEP 9

   

   Bake the focaccia in an oven preheated to 250°C for 15 minutes. I baked on the “top convection” setting. This is how the focaccia turned out to be a uniform golden color. Remove the finished focaccia from the oven, cool slightly and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Testomania

27.08.2023

5

I bought a bag of Italian flour, which I had never bought before. I wanted to try it, and the recipe for Italian focaccia flatbread seemed suitable to me. I weighed out the required amount of ingredients. I put some of the flour (about 100 g) aside to add little by little during kneading, and for good reason, since my new flour powerfully absorbed moisture, the dough quickly became elastic, and the 100 g set aside was not useful at all, even for dusting the table. The first photo shows the dough that came out after kneading, before proofing. After proofing, I divided the dough into two parts. From the first one I formed a flat cake with the help of a rolling pin, from the second one my daughter made different pretzels)) I greased it, sprinkled it, baked it as described in the recipe. It turned out interesting... I’ve never tried real focaccia, and I don’t even know what it should taste like. I got a flatbread that was crispy on top and soft inside, but it was thin - about 1.5 cm thick. My daughter said that it was very similar to pizza, both in taste and in appearance. Everyone really liked it. You can sprinkle grated cheese on top. Thanks for the recipe!