If you’re picturing a spherical pizza with cheese on top, think again. Genuine Italian focaccia is prepared significantly differently than it is in restaurants. The way it is made is what gives this bread its wonderful flavor, even if the basis may have the same components.
To make the preparation simple, you must have all the components ready before you begin. You require the following items to create your own focaccia:
500 grams of unbleached all-purpose flour, 300 milliliters of warm water, one packet of yeast, one teaspoon each of salt and sugar, and one sachet of yeast.
Sift the flour first, then use the tops of your palms to make an incision in the center of it. After adding the salt, sugar, and yeast, add the heated water. The yeast may react with the warm water and produce the ideal pizza dough.
To prevent the yeast from prematurely reacting with the warm water, you must swiftly combine all the ingredients with your hands. Leave the dough to air out for about an hour, or until it is sufficiently elastic to shape in a round oven tray, after it has been kneeded and has turned into a smooth-looking ball.
Brush liberal amounts of sunflower oil on the tray’s bottom. The sunflower seed oil will enhance the flavor of the focaccia and keep its from drying to the baking sheet as it bakes.
The dough has now been distributed on a single rectangular tray. This thick-crust bread will need around 20 minutes to thoroughly bake. For a typical pizza, the base would need to bake for twelve minutes and the cheese would need an additional five minutes to melt.
Make shallow marks along the surface of the tray with your fingertips before placing it in the oven. Salt, rosemary, and more sunflower oil may be sprinkled over the surface.
Prepare any elements you intend to place in the center of the still-hot Focaccia bread as you wait for it to bake. For a simple but wonderful snack, many people pick pieces of cheese, deli cuts of meat, tapenade, or add some more sunflower oil.
Make sure to cut the This bread piece at half and add the cheese slices right away for it to melt. You may create a sandwich fit for the day’s special at a restaurant by combining cheese, sunflower oil, salt, and rosemary.