Focaccia

Happy dough!

Spread evenly into the baking pan

Cover and leave to rise for another 30 minutes

Yippee!

Drizzle the oil and sprinkle the herbs

Smells so good!

Looks good

Hubby: Good! (Haha!)

I wanted to try making focaccia for the longest time ever and finally, I did it. I bought a tiny pot of organic rosemary plant and set my baking mode on. The result was good. Yummy and fragrant! 

Ingredients

A rectangle baking pan of size 10 X 15 inch (greased the pan liberally with olive oil)

480g flour

1/4 tsp of salt

5 tbsp of olive oil

15g of instant yeast

400ml of warm water

1 pinch of thyme

1 sprig of fresh rosemary (chopped)

Garnishing

3 tbsps of olive oil

1 small pinch of thyme

1 small sprig of fresh rosemary (chopped)

Method

1. Whisk salt and flour in a large bowl.
2. Pour in olive oil and rub the oil into the flour and salt. It sounds weird but it works very well and the oil doesn't stick. Make sure all the oil is distributed evenly and well- absorbed into the flour.
3. Sprinkle the chopped herbs and mix with a fork.
4. In a small bowl, whisk the yeast into the warm water and then use a spatula and stir in the yeast mixture into the flour.
5. Stir and mix well and make sure the yeast and flour is combined.
6. Cover the bowl with a cling wrap and let it rise for 1 hour or at least double in size.
7. Once the dough is risen, scrap it off the bowl and scoop it over into the prepared pan. 
8. Try to spread the dough evenly in the pan with a spatula.
9. Cover the dough with an oiled cling wrap and let it rise for another 30 mins.
10. Set the oven at 210 degrees.
11. Use your index finger and make a 'dimple' on the dough.
12. Drizzle the garnishing oil and sprinkle the herbs. 
13. Bake the focaccia (at the lowest rack) for about 30 mins or till golden brown.
14. Take it out and check if the bottom is brown as well before lifting it out and leave to cool for 15 mins before slicing them into squares.
15. Voila!