Rosemary and Rock Salt Focaccia [en]

What is special about Focaccia bread is that it is made from olive oil based dough. This creates the distinct texture of focaccia as well as giving the bread a depth of flavour and earthiness.
You can make focaccia bread without any toppings or you can add whatever you like. Mostly people add rosemary, rock salt, pitted olives or sun dried tomatoes.

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Today I made mine using rosemary and rock salt but you can use the dough and customize the toppings as you like.
To know how to make this focaccia bread please watch the video:

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups A/P flour
  • 1 and 1/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp dried instant yeast
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp table salt
  • rock salt
  • rosemary

Tips:

  • Make sure you knead the dough long enough, nothing less than 10 mins.
  • The dough should stay sticky but if you feel it is too sticky you can add a bit of flour.
  • Leave the dough to rest in a warm place until it double in size, around 1 hour.
  • After shaping the focaccia leave to rest again for another 1 hour.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 200 C for 20 mins or until golden to your liking.

5 Comments

  1. You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but
    I find this topic to be actually something that I think
    I would never understand. It seems too complicated and extremely broad for me.
    I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!

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