Italian Focaccia bread: recipe

I guess in the modern world there is a very small number of people who don't know the most famous Italian dish-pizza. In ancient times this dish was considered a food of the commoners, and looked rather primitive. It was a simple bread, which lays out a fairly simple stuffing – a variety of spices and herbs, garlic and olive oil. In the villages the cooking method was slightly simplified and baked cakes just added into the dough with olive oil and garlic. This bread became the prototype of another, no less famous Italian dishes-Focaccia bread. The recipe described below.

Focaccia Italian kitchen is a traditional bread, such as pita bread in the Caucasus, chapatis in India and shelpek in Kazakhstan. There are many options for making bread Focaccia, the recipe of which depends on the test. It may be on the basis of yeast, and fresh or sweet. The only consistent ingredients for Focaccia are olive oil, flour and water.

Regarding appearance - shape or thickness of the patties special there are no clear rules. So it all depends on personal imagination of the cook. Cakes can be round, oval or square shape, depending on the adding to the dough ingredients (milk and yeast) will result in a fluffy and voluminous enough bread, and if yeast is not used, it will leave thin crusts.

A Special flair attached to the inner filling-cheese, fragrant Mediterranean spices (Basil, rosemary, oregano, thyme), tomatoes and others. The result is not just bread and something that looked like a pizza. That is why quite a small difference between the two national dishes of Italy. It is believed that pizza is the main the stuffing, and for making the Focaccia-dough.

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The Focaccia with cheese is most common in the province of Liguria, located in the North of Italy. To give a richer taste, and added ingredients such as green onion, parsley and black pepper.

In order to savor Italian flatbread Focaccia, a recipe can be simplified and used to prepare the pizza dough and the following ingredients:

• Two kinds of cheese (Parmesan, feta or any other cheese) (100 g);
• Seasoning "Italian herbs" (to taste);
• Garlic (1 clove);
• Olive oil (100 ml);
• Black pepper.

Let's see how to cook Focaccia.

In warm water, put 8 g of yeast and leave to dissolve for 10-15 minutes. Then in a separate bowl pour 750 g of pre-sifted flour and pour in the water with the yeast, add 1 tablespoon of sugar and a pinch of salt. The resulting mass, begin to knead, adding a small amount of olive oil. Then about 1 hour give the dough to stand.

Once the dough has rested, on a greased vegetable oil a baking sheet spread the dough and with your hands give it a rectangular shape.

The cake sprinkle with black pepper, seasoning, cheese (cut cubes and grated) and garlic (crushed through a press) mixed with olive oil.

You Then hand gently press the toppings and leave the dough to stand for 15 minutes. When you will see that the dough rises, it is possible to send for 20 minutes in oven preheated to 200 degrees.

When ready the Focaccia, the recipe of which we have described in this article, it can be crumbled by hand and serve. Bon appétit!