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Focaccia Bread

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Homemade focaccia bread topped with olives, rosemary, sun-dried tomatoes and caramelized onions.

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Strong Bread Flour (see Note), Plus Extra For Work Surfaces
  • 1 Tablespoon Coarse Semolina
  • 15 grams Active Dried Yeast
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 320 milliliters Warm Water
  • 50 milliliters Olive Oil, Plus Extra For Drizzling
  • 75 grams Pitted Black Olives, Sliced
  • 150 grams Sun Dried Tomatoes
  • Sea Salt And Pepper
  • 1 sprig Rosemary, Leaves Removed And Chopped
  • 75 grams Caramelized Onion

Preparation

In a large bowl, thoroughly mix the flour, semolina and yeast with a generous pinch of salt and sugar.

Mix the warm water with the olive oil in another bowl. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and gradually add the liquid. It’s easiest to mix this with a fork to start with and then, when it is just coming together, use your hands to make it into a ball.

Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes until smooth, elastic and springy to the touch.

Place the dough in a large floured mixing bowl and leave to rise in a warm place for 30–60 minutes until doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to 200°C/395°F.

Place the risen dough in an oiled baking tray (about 15 × 24cm) and sprinkle with a little salt. Grease your fingers with a little olive oil and press the dough all the way to the edges of the tray.

Press the olives and sun-dried tomatoes into the dough so that they are slightly poking above the surface. Season with salt and pepper and scatter over the rosemary leaves.

Drizzle the bread with a little extra olive oil and place in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until golden and cooked through. Remove from oven.

Turn bread out of the tray, then transfer to a board, top with caramelized onions, slice and serve.

Note: Bread flour is a suitable substitution for strong bread flour.

There is nothing better than cooking and smelling homemade bread in your own house. Sometimes cooking homemade bread can be a daunting and intimidating task, however when you decide to embark on this baking journey it is ever so rewarding! My wife and I decided to do focaccia bread. The idea came when we were watching Gordon Ramsay’s Cookery Course, and he made focaccia bread that looked so good. We replicated his recipe with a few additions of our own.

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