Focaccia bread or Fougasse bread is a flat oven-baked Italian bread same in style and texture to pizza dough. Focaccia can be used as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread. Focaccia al rosmarino is a common focaccia style in Italian cuisine that may be served as an appetizer, table bread, or snack.
I am making Garlic,coriander and potato Focaccia today because I love these flavors and I am going to serve this bread with soup later.
Ingredients
List 1,
Strong White Flour 1 lb
Salt 1 tsp
Yeast 7 g
Water 1/2 pint
Olive oil 4-5 tbsp
List 2,
Extra virgin olive oil as required
Boiled potato with skin 1-2
Garlic finely chopped 1 tbsp
Fresh coriander chopped 1 tbsp
Directions,
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In a mixer bowl add in strong white flour, yeast, salt.
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Run the mixer for few seconds, then add in almost 1/2 pint warm water while the mixer is running. (Amount of water can change because of different brands flour)
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Run the mixer on speed 2-3 for 10 minutes almost. You will get a very soft dough like shown in picture. Then add in 4-5 tbsp olive oil and again run the mixer until mix well.
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Now cover the dough and let the prepared dough rise for 1 hour or until double in size.
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You can see dough is nicely risen.
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In a bowl add in finely chopped garlic, chopped coriander and olive oil 3 tbsp. Mix well.
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Dust 2 deep rectangular tins with semolina.
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Cut the dough in 2 parts. Knead it lightly for few seconds.
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Take 1 dough ball. Pushing and pulling with your hands make it tin shaped and place in tin. Push the dough with your fingers like shown in picture.
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Now sprinkle a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil on it.
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Take some garlic, coriander and place it on the dough. Then push inside with your fingers. Take a boil potato, roughly break it with skin, with your fingers and push the small pieces of potato inside the dough. sprinkle some sea salt on top if you want.
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Now cover the focaccia with cling film and let it rise again for half hour. Then sprinkle again with some extra virgin olive oil.
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Bake in a preheated oven at 200 C for 8-10 minutes then tun the oven heat down at 180 C and cook further 10-15 minutes almost or until done.
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