Rosemary Focaccia Bread recipe|How to make Focaccia
This Easy Rosemary Focaccia bread recipe will help you make perfect Italian Focaccia bread in a simple five step method.We use "stretch and fold"method to knead the dough in this easy rosemary focaccia recipe.
Ingredients
For making Focaccia Bread
- 350 g Flour 2 and 3/4 cups loosely packed
- 280 ml Lukewarm water 1 cup +3 tbsp
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tsp Instant yeast
- 1 tsp Salt
For the Topping
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tbsp Water
- A pinch of salt
- Rosemary leaves
- 2-3 cloves garlic finely chopped
Instructions
Prepare the dough
- Into a bowl,add in the lukeawrm water,salt,yeast and olive oil.Stirr until yeast and salt get dissolved in water.Add in the flour and combine them all together to form a shaggy mass of dough.Cover the dough with a plastic film.
Proofing and Folding the focaccia bread dough
- Proof the dough for 2 hours.In between,During this 2 hour proofing time, stretch and fold the dough to give it more structure.So stretch and fold the dough for four times.In this recipe we do it in such a way that we can complete the first proofing in 2 hours.So first three rounds of folding are done in every 30 minutes and the final folding in 15 minutes.Then let the finally folded dough to sit for 15 minutes before shaping.
Shape the dough
- Transfer the dough on to a greased baking tray.Press and stretch the dough to fit the baking pan.Drizzle the prepared Olive oil mix on top of dough and spread it evenly.Make dimples all over the dough and spread the rosemary leaves on top of the dough.Add flakes of coarse sea salt.Cover the tray with a plastic film and let the dough sit for the final rising.
Final Rising
- Let the dough sit and puff up for 60-70 minutes.
Bake the Rosemary focaccia bread
- Bake at 450 F Preheated Oven for 18-20 minutes or until the top turnes golden brown.