Rosemary Focaccia Recipe

How about an appetizer, some moist Italian bread, for that perfect dinner? Very tasty!

Ingredients

• 450 grams of wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 1 tablespoon of dry yeast
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 90 ml of olive oil
• Leaves from 6 rosemary sprigs
• Big Sal

Preparation Mode

• Prepare a shallow baking dish measuring 38 cm x 23 cm, brushing it with plenty of olive oil. Reserve.
• Reserve 1/3 of the rosemary.
• Chop the rest finely. Reserve.
• Prepare 250 ml of warm water. Reserve.
• Place the yeast in a small bowl with 4 tablespoons of warm water.
• Stir until dissolved.
• In a large bowl, add 425 grams of flour and salt and mix well.
• Make a well in the center, add the warm water, olive oil, rosemary, pepper and yeast.
• Mix everything with your fingertips until you get a smooth, soft, uniform and slightly sticky dough.
• With the rest of the flour, flour your hands and knead the dough for approximately 7 minutes, until you obtain a soft and elastic dough.
• Form the dough into a ball and place it in a bowl greased with olive oil, rolling the dough around the bowl so that the dough is greased.
• Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let rise until doubled in size.
• Remove and, on a lightly floured surface, place the dough and press it to remove the air.
• Cover with a dry cloth and let it rest for another 5 minutes.
• Place the dough in the pan and spread it to distribute it evenly.
• Cover with a cloth again and let it rise for 40 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
• Spread the reserved rosemary over the dough.
• Press the entire dough with your fingertip to form depressions.
• Pour the remaining olive oil over the dough and sprinkle the dough with coarse salt.
• Bake on the top rack of the oven for approximately 20 minutes or until golden.
• Remove and transfer to a grill.

Mom Tips

Dry yeast can be replaced with 20 grams of fresh organic yeast.

The ideal is to use freshly ground black pepper.

Dough: it should be slightly sticky, so resist and do not add more wheat flour so that you can obtain a moist bread after baking.

You could also try swapping the pepper and rosemary for 5 chopped sage leaves (discard the sage stems). Do not add more than recommended so that the flavor does not become too strong.

Approximate yield of 8 servings.