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Focaccia with rosemary

Classic Italian focaccia with rosemary, olives, and fragrant garlic-infused olive oil.

🌐 gotvach.com
🌍 Bulgarian

Ingredients

500 g all-purpose flour

2 tsp salt

20 g fresh yeast

1 cup

4 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp fresh rosemary

3 tbsp olive oil

1 garlic clove

1 tsp oregano

4 tbsp olives

Method

Sift 500 g of white flour into a large bowl. Add 2 tsp of salt and stir.
In the center of the flour, make a well. In it, dissolve 20 g of fresh yeast in 1 and 1/2 cups of lukewarm water. Add 4 tbsp of olive oil.
Start mixing the ingredients with a fork or by hand, gradually adding the flour from the sides to the liquid ingredients. Knead for about 5-10 minutes until you get a soft, smooth, and elastic dough that does not stick to the table.
Shape the dough into a ball, place it in a bowl greased with a little olive oil, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise in a warm place for 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours until it doubles in volume.
After the dough has risen, knead it lightly together with 1 tbsp of finely chopped fresh rosemary.
Divide the dough into two equal parts. Shape each part into a ball and roll it out with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 1 cm and a diameter that will cover the bottom of two baking pans.
Grease the bottoms of the two pans with a little olive oil and place the rolled-out dough balls in them. Cover the pans with plastic wrap and let them rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes.
After the dough has risen for the second time, use your fingers to make deep indentations all over the surface of each focaccia. Drizzle them with a little olive oil and let them rise for a third time until they double in volume.
Skewer 4 tbsp of olives with a fork so they do not pop out during baking.
In a small bowl, mix 3 tbsp of olive oil, 1 clove of finely chopped garlic, and 1 tsp of oregano. Spread this mixture evenly over the two focaccias.
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Bake the focaccias for about 25-30 minutes or until they are golden brown and crispy.
Remove the finished focaccias from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes in the pans. Then carefully remove them and place them on a wire rack to cool completely.