How to make the best Focaccia- thuyishere.com

This is my favorite recipe for focaccia since the bread is extremely moist, flavorful, and has a distinct spice aroma, but the crust is also very crunchy. Every single friend I served this bread to enjoyed it, so I have no doubt that many of you would feel the same way. Let’s get started.

Ingredients

Making the dough:
500 gr flour
25 gr fresh yeast/6 gr dry yeast
1,5 tablespoons sugar/ honey
2/3 teaspoons salt
450 ml water
100 gr sundried tomato (2-3 pieces)
Chili powder

Making the oil mixture:
100 ml extra virgin olive oil
1 table spoon oregano
1 table spoon rosemary
1 table spoon basil
1 table spoon thyme
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp salt

Method

– Mix the flour, yeast, sugar or honey, salt and chili powder together and then add water. (The dough should be very moisture and sticky)
– Finely chop the tomatoes and stir in.
– Let the dough rise for one hour at a warm place. I put it inside the oven at 35 Celsius degree.
Making the oil mixture:
– Add olive oil into a bowl. Press garlic finely and add into the oil together with all the spices. Stir and let rest while the dough is rising.
– Press down the dough and squeeze out all the air. The dough should be chewy and sticky.
– Cover a roasting pan with baking paper and spread the dough over. Let it rise for about 15 minutes.
– Use your fingers to poke holes in the dough. You should dip your fingers into oil or use cooking gloves to avoid the dough stick into your fingers. Spread the oil mixture all over the dough and make sure the holes filled up with oil.
– Let it rise for an hour.
– Preheat the oven at 200 Celsius degree for about 10 minutes before baking.
– Sprinkle with salt grinder on the dough and bake for 15 minutes until it gets a golden crust.
– Let the bread rest for 15 minutes before serving.

Note: You can add fresh tomato, potato slices, eggplant cubes over the dough if you like. The bread should be moisture inside and has a crunchy crust when it is done.

Yummy! Enjoy!