Kennedy Family Recipes

Focaccia Bread

Description

Focacia bread is flat, oven-baked Italian bread that is absolutely delicious. It's also a relatively easy bread to make and is good for beginner bakers.

Focaccia bread is baked with olive oil, which gives it a wonderful flavor and creates a crispy crust to the top and sides of the bread. Focaccia bread can be topped with all sorts of herbs and vegetables, but I think the classic toppings of rosemary and sea salt are the best.

Focaccia Bread

Tips

This recipe uses 9-inch round pan to proof and bake the focaccia bread. Using a round pan makes a circular bread that you can cut into pieces like a pizza pie.

This bread recipe requires two stages of proofing the bread. The first proof should be about 1.5 to 2 hours. The second proof should be 30-35 minutes.

It may seem like there is a lot of olive oil on the dough (before it goes into the oven), but that olive oil gives the bread a crunchy exterior and a wonderful flavor. I would recommend added sea salt on top of the dough, even if you don't want to add any other toppings.

List of Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons of Active Dry Yeast
  • 8oz Warm Water (about 100 degrees (Fahrenheit))
  • 2 teaspoons of Granulated Sugar
  • 360g of Bread Flour
  • 1 teaspoons of Salt
  • 3 Tablespoons of Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
  • ...any additional toppings (sea salt, rosemary)...

Recipe Steps

  1. Add yeast, warm water, and sugar to the stand mixer bowl and mix with a whisk; let the yeast bloom (wake up) for 5-8 minutes until lots of bubbles form on the surface of the water
  2. Add flour and salt to the liquid and mix in the stand mixer for 5 minutes
  3. Add olive oil into a 9-inch circular pan
  4. Add dough into the pan and cover with wrap or a wet towel; let the dough rise for 1-2 hours (1st proof)
  5. Stretch the dough from all 4 sides and press down dough to fill the pan
  6. Cover the dought and let rest for 30-60 minutes (2nd proof)
  7. Pre-heat the oven to 450 degrees (Fahrenheit)
  8. Push holes into the dough with your fingers
  9. Add more olive oil to the top of the dough
  10. Add toppings (sea salt, rosemary) on top
  11. Bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees (Fahrenheit)