Rustic Focaccia
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Rustic Focaccia
An easy but unusual focaccia recipe which makes a rustic-textured, half wholewheat bread. Ideal to eat with cheeses and salad.
- Prep Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 0 hours
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 10
- Category: Appetizers
Ingredients
Makes 1 medium oven tray of foccaccia
- 250 g (1/2 lb) all purpose (plain) flour
- 150 g (1/3 lb) wholewheat flour
- 250 ml (1 cup) of water
- 10 g (2/3 oz) fresh yeast
- 1 cup olive oil
- salt
- rosemary – 3 large sprigs worth, removed from stalks
Instructions
- In a large bawl crumble the yeast into the water and stir till the yeast si completly melted.
- Add the flour.
- Add a good pinch of salt and mix well until you achieve a soft but not sticky mixture which you can work with your hands.
- Knead well for 10-15 minutes.
- Leave to rise in a warm place, covered, for an hour or two.
- Brush olive oil onto your oven sheets, roll out the dough to about a 1 cm (half-inch) thickness and leave to rise again for an hour.
- Make dimples in the dough with your fingertips.
- Brush with the remaining oil and sprinkle with salt and the rosemary.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 220°C/425°F for around 10-15 minutes until crusty outside, cooked through but still soft inside.
Notes
Instead of rosemary, use sliced onions or even very finely sliced potatoes and rosemary. Mmm!
