Focaccia is a fantastic dish to start the journey of baking breads. This one is the easiest kind to make, and this recipe simplifies the whole process step by step for you.
Topped with colorful vegetables. You can be as creative as you like and still keep the best taste. In this recipe, I’ve used sliced bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, onions, and scallions to create a flower-like design but you can use whatever you have on hand.
It’s a bit crispy outside, very fluffy, and soft inside which makes it easy to chew and enjoy the flavour.
Let’s jump on the recipe
Ingredients
For starter:
| 150g / 1.25 cups | Flour |
| 180ml / ¾ cups (slightly warm) | Water |
| 5g / 1.5 teaspoon | Yeast |
Other ingredients:
| 360g/ 3.5 cups | Flour |
| 375ml/ 1.5 cups | Water |
| 10g/ 1 tablespoon | Yeast |
| 10g/ 2 teaspoons | Salt |
| 120g/ ½ cup | Olive Oil |
| 4-5 cloves | Crushed Garlic |
Tip — Make sure you use good quality extra virgin olive oil. The better the oil the tastier your bread will be.
Steps:
1. Little preparation that you need to do overnight or beforehand staring at the recipe. For this take some water and mix with yeast and let it sit until slightly bubbly for approximately 5-10 minutes. Now add flour and mix well, cover your vessel with cling film or a damp towel and let it sit for 12 hours minimum. Wait until the starter is doubled in size.
2. Take some lukewarm water, make sure water is not too hot. Mix the yeast in water and let it sit until it’s a little bubbly, (5 minutes approximately). Add flour and salt to the water mixture and knead it until a crumbly dough is formed. Now, add the starter that we made in Step 1. Knead everything well in a bowl until a wet-sticky batter is formed. Try not to use extra flour. Press it from the sides and fold the dough down on itself until it is a softball.
3. Generously put 2-3 tablespoons of oil to ensure there’s no sticking. Start pressing down the dough over the sheet until it’s even. Cover the dough/vessel with a damp towel, and let the mixture rise for an hour.
4. Once the mixture has risen, dip your fingers in olive oil and gently press down into the dough all around to create dimples. Pour the olive oil over this, ensuring that the oil enters the small dimples and penetrates down into the dough, and let rise another 30-45 minutes. One more time dimple the dough again with oiled fingers, and add some crushed garlic.
5. Here you can be as artistic and as creative with the dish. Pull out colorful vegetables and decorate your focaccia. After that bake at 230 °C for 20 minutes.
6. Let it cool down for 5 minutes or so and serve with olive oil and flaky salt.
7. Focaccia can make anyone’s day happy with its mesmerizing appearance and taste. Looking to impress with food this simple recipe could be your savior.
8. Try this recipe and share your artwork with us we would love to see.
