Focaccio Recipe

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Start as early as you can, it will take aprox. 1.5 hours for the dough to double its size.
Make sure your water is the correct temperature, ideally 40-46 deg C (105 deg F to 115 deg F).
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Kneading the Dough

Dust your work area with flour, place the dough on the surface and dust with more flour.

Start from the part of the dough closest to you and use the heel of your hands to push down and away from you.
Turn the dough 90% and take the far end of the dough and fold it in towards you.
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Focaccio

Ingredients

1 lb white unbleached plain flour
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 pt warm water
1/2 dry yeast sachet
1 pinch sugar
1 rosemary or sage

Preparation

Mash the yeast with a little of the water until it looks like mud.
Add the sugar and leave for 10 minutes until frothy.

Put the rest of the water, the flour, a little of the salt and the
olive oil into a large bowl. When the yeast is frothy, add that too.
Knead thoroughly for about 5 minutes. cover with a clean, damp tea
towel or cling film and leave it in the bowl in a warm place for
about 30 minutes. It will double in size.

Take the dough out, put on a board, cut it in half and spread so you
have two dinner plate-sized pieces. Sprinkle the rest of the salt
over the top, then add the rosemary or sage leaves, patting them into
the dough.

Put the loaves into a hot oven, gas mark 7, 400F, 200C for about 20
minutes.

The bread will only rise marginally and will have a lovely pale
golden top.

Servings: 1