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Italian Bread: Focaccia Genovese


Have you ever tried it before?  There's nothing quite like it.  It's crunchy and chewy at the same time.























Ingredients:
3tsp salt
5 tsp yeast
2.5 cups flour
1.5 cups water
2 tsp sugar
1.5 cups olive oil
to taste: coarse sea salt

Directions:
Dissolve salt in warm water and then add 1 cup of olive oil.
Add 1.25 cups of flour
Add Yeast
Mix in mixer
Add rest of flour and mix
Remove from mixer.  Dough will be sticky.
Knead the dough while adding flour until it doesn’t stick to your hands
Spread olive oil on a baking sheet then put the blob of dough onto baking sheet.  Brush with oil.
Leave to rise 1.5 hours by window in the sun.  The dough will double in size
After 1.5 hours, roll out dough onto the entire baking sheet, making sure that there is olive oil under the dough.  Brush top with oil and then sprinkle with sea salt.
Let rise for 30 minutes
Press holes with fingertips.  Pour 3 Tbsp over the focaccia.  Then spray with water
Rest 30 minutes
Cook 15 minutes at 392 degrees F

Put on cooling rack to ensure the bread remains crusty on the outside.  Let cool before cutting.

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