Focaccia bread
 
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Cuisine: Mediterranean Diet
Serves: 6-8 People
Ingredients
For the dough:
  • 500g Organic white spelt flour
  • 1 Teaspoon (7g) Active dried yeast
  • 300ml (1 ¼ cup) Lukewarm water
  • 5 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
  • 1 Teaspoon sea salt
For the topping:
  • 1 Teaspoon dried oregano
  • Sea salt flakes
Instructions
For the dough:
  1. Place the flour, the sea salt and the activated dried yeast into a large bowl and mix them well with the help of a silicon spatula. Make a well in the middle and add the lukewarm water into the well. With a silicon spatula bring the flour in from the sides and mix it well with the liquid. Keep mixing until it all starts to come together, and then remove the dough from the bowl, place it in a clean flour-dusted surface and start kneading vigorously for about 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons EVOO and keep on kneading for a couple of extra minutes.
  2. Add one tablespoon of EVOO into the large bowl and return the dough to the bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to prove in a warm place of the house until doubled in size, depending on the temperature it can take 1-2 hours. My friend’s suggestion, if it’s winter and you do not have a warm room would be to store the bowl inside the microwave with a glass of boiling water by its side.
  3. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C (425 degrees F). As soon as the dough has risen, lightly grease a large baking tray, tip the dough out of the bowl onto the baking tray and spread it out to cover the tray. With your fingers push down the dough to make rough dips and wells and add a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Leave to prove for a further 20 minutes.
For the topping:
  1. After the dough has proven, sprinkle the dried oregano and the sea salt flakes.
To cook the focaccia:
  1. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees C (400 degrees F) for approximately 20 minutes, until it is golden on top and soft in the middle.
Notes
For the toppings you could replace the oregano by any other herbs of your choice (rosemary, thyme…), and add some veggies of your choice (cherry tomatoes, olives, onions… ) or some cheese if you are not vegan or do not have lactose intolerance.
Recipe by Tasty Mediterraneo at https://www.tastymediterraneo.com/focaccia-bread/