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Sea Salt and Rosemary Focaccia Bread

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The opportunity to visit abroad countries had given me to taste many international dishes and delicacies. I have tried few easy dishes from them at home.Once I tasted this Italian focaccia bread from a local shop nearby during my stay there in abroad. It was the garlic one and it tasted so good. I liked the flavor and enjoyed eating it.

After that I tried it at home after getting a recipe from here. I used the rosemary and sea salt for topping for the homemade version. Overall it is a good recipe to try and relax.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Idle Time: 1 – 2 hours

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4-5

Ingredients:

For Focaccia Bread:

Bread Flour / Plain Flour / Maida / All Purpose Flour – 2 and 1/4 cups

Salt – 1 teaspoon

Sugar – 1 teaspoon

Active dry yeast – 1 packet / 7grams

Olive oil – 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon for greasing

Lukewarm water / Milk  – 1 cup or as required to make soft dough

For Topping:

Olive Oil – 3 tablespoons or as required

Sea salt – 1 teaspoon or as required to sprinkle

Rosemary – 3 tablespoons or as required to garnish

Method:

1) Take lukewarm water/milk in a bowl and mix both yeast and sugar. Keep it aside in a warm place until it get frothy. It will take approximately 7 minutes.

2) Now take a wide mixing bowl and mix flour and salt. Slowly add the foamy yeast mixture to the flour and make a dough.

3) Add olive oil and knead it till you get very soft, moist, smooth, elastic dough.

4) Grease the mixing bowl with the oil. Coat the elastic dough with oil and keep it in the oil greased mixing bowl.

5) Cover it with a damp cloth or cling wrap and keep it in a warm place. Let it rise for an hour and until it becomes double in its size.

6) Punch it back and add little oil.

7) Place the dough in the baking tray covered with baking sheet. Form 1/2 inch thick rectangle or oval shape.

8) Cover it again using cling wrap. Let it sit for 10-20 minutes for the second rise. After 2nd rise, it will be in 2 inch thickness approximately.

9) Apply olive oil on top of it. Use more oil if you wish.

10) Place the rosemary on top of it and sprinkle some sea salt.

11) Place the tray inside the (205C or 400F) preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until the top of the bread turns golden brown and spreads out nice aroma to the entire kitchen.

12) Cut into slices and enjoy warm.

Note:

1) Depends on the texture of the flour you may require more or less water/milk to make smooth dough.

2) Try to use good quality flour and olive oil for perfect focaccia bread.

3) Alter topping for this bread as per your taste instead of rosemary and seasalt. Other topping suggestions: Caramelised onion and tomato, garlic and herbs, Olive and herbs. You can also use cheese.

4) Transfer the bread from the baking tray within 2-3 minutes to keep the bottom of the bread crispy.

5) Use only the tender rosemary leaves to avoid bitter taste of it. Don’t use the woody stem of it.

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Shema George

Such a beautiful bread. I love the flavor of Rosemary in bread…I just had some rosemary bread this weekend and was planning to make some and now seeing your pics I am even more motivated!! 🙂

Julie

Perfectly done,soft & spongy ..yumm:)
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Prathima Rao

gorgeous looking focaccia, has a perfect crust on top..
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Faseela

wow…..perfect focaccia

Vimitha Durai

Looks so soft and tempting… would love a bite..

Amina Creations

bread looks perfect… delicious!!

Sravs

Perfect bread !! looks so delicious !!

Unknown

Uma i hv never tried foccacia….im tempted to try….

jaya's recipes

simply superb!

Kaveri Venkatesh

Like the way the rosemary is sticking out here and there in the foccacia…Looks very good

Priya Suresh

Rarely seen this much gorgeous and prefect focaccia,well baked Uma.

runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com

The bread is pretty as a picture!

Unknown

Wowww looks so perfect….love it!