Baking
Focaccia
Yield: 20
Ingredients
- 1 C Water, warm
- 3 t Dry Yeast
- 2½ T Honey
- 2 T Olive Oil
- 2 T Corn Meal
- 2½ C High Gluten Flour
- ½ t Salt
- Toppings: olives, tomatoes, rosemary, preserved lemon...
Instructions
- 1
Combine water, yeast and ½ T honey.
- 2
Sit 10 minutes till active.
- 3
Mix in rest of honey, olive oil, cornmeal.
- 4
Add 2 C flour and salt, knead till soft (slightly sticky).
- 5
Rise in greased bowl 1 hour till doubled.
- 6
Transfer to oiled baking sheet, sit 15 minutes.
- 7
Pull dough nearly to edges, rise 20 minutes.
- 8
Drizzle with oil, sprinkle salt.
- 9
Dimple with fingers, top.
- 10
Bake on 375 for 20 minutes until golden.
Note
Optional loaf: after first rise, shape into loaf in oiled big loaf pan, rise 30 minutes, bake on 375 for 25-35 minutes.