Focaccia is a traditional Italian pastry, which is often served on the table instead of bread. There are a lot of recipes for its preparation. Let's look at some of them with you.
Focaccia with olives
Ingredients:
- water - 2 items;
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- dry yeast - 2 tsp;
- wheat flour - 4 items;
- salt - a pinch;
- olives - 5 pieces;
- fresh rosemary - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Preparation
How to cook focaccia? So, take a bowl, pour warm boiled water into it and pour out the dry yeast. Stir well and leave for 10 minutes. Then add flour, put a pinch of salt and mix a soft, homogeneous dough. Put the dough on the work surface, lightly sprinkle with flour and knead another 10 minutes. Next, roll the dough into a bowl and put it in a bowl, greased with vegetable oil, cover with a food film and leave it to rise in a warm place for 1.5 hours. Then we knead the dough, again roll into the bowl and put the bowl in the same bowl for another 45 minutes. We add olive oil to the pan, spread the dough and distribute it with the hands evenly.
From above, lightly sprinkle with oil, stitch the olives cut in half and sprinkle with finely chopped rosemary. Leave the focaccia for 25 minutes in a warm place. The oven is heated to 250 degrees, we set the pan and bake the Italian focaccia until the appearance of a golden color, approximately, for 25 minutes.
Focaccia with cheese and garlic
Ingredients:
- warm water - 250 ml;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- honey - 2 tsp;
- dry yeast - 7 g;
- salt - a pinch;
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- cheese - 100 g;
- Wheat flour - 400 g.
Preparation
First we take the garlic, we clean and bake several denticles in the oven, wrapping each in foil with the addition of a few drops of olive oil and honey.
Now we are preparing the spit: in warm water, we shake, we put a little salt and honey in the tea, mix it, and let it stand for 10 minutes, until the yeast mass becomes foamy. Then gradually pour the flour, knead the homogeneous dough, cover with a towel and leave to come for about 30 minutes.
In the meantime, grind the baked garlic, and then gently add it to the dough. We form small round cakes from the dough, make grooves with fingers, top with a mixture of Italian herbs and grated cheese, bake focaccia and cheese for 20 minutes.
Focaccia with tomatoes
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 10 pcs .;
- flour - 450 g;
- olive oil - 100 ml;
- fresh yeast - 20 g;
- sugar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- large salt - 1 teaspoon;
- butter - 30 g;
- warm water - 225 ml;
- black pepper - to taste;
- dried basil - to taste.
Preparation
Yeast put in a small plate and pour warm boiled water. Pour the sugar, mix and leave for 10 minutes, that would have the yeast dispersed and a little frosted. We sift the flour beforehand to the table and chop it with butter until the crumb is formed. Add a little salt and, without stopping to stir, gradually pour in the yeast water. Then we pour out
Approached dough knead, put in a greased baking dish and sprinkle with olive oil. On top put the tomato pieces and gently squeeze them into the dough. Sprinkle with dry basil, salt and pepper to taste. Put the focaccia in a preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes.
Also try the recipes of onion cakes , which are very similar to focaccia, and Armenian lavash .