Monday, August 25, 2014

Two respective Focaccia’s..

A friend of Vladimir invited us on his birthday for afternoon coffee and cake. Since we all have kids, the party turned into a pleasant get together.
Sweets were taken care of, so I wanted to bring something savory and decided to make Focaccia.

One I covered with prosciutto, feta and dried tomatoes and the other one a little more kids friendly with fresh tomatoes and mozzarella. But in general you can top your Focaccia with anything you want.


Focaccia with prosciutto

recipe
Crust:
1.4 Ibs flour
6 oz potatoes, cooked and grated
1 pack fresh yeast
0.8 cup warm water
1 tablespoon salt


Topping:
5.3 oz prosciutto in slices
5.3 oz feta
1 glass in oil preserved tomatoes
fresh arugula

1.     Dissolve yeast in warm water and add a pinch of flour. Cover with a kitchen towel and leave for a couple of minutes.
2.     Sift the rest of the flour into a bowl and form a hollow in the middle. Add the in water dissolved yeast in the hollow and stir well.
3.     Add the raw sea salt and the grated potatoes.
4.     Knead the dough well. If needed add more water.
5.     Form the dough into a ball and leave at a warm spot for 2 hours.
6.     Cover a baking sheet with baking paper and roll out the dough around 1/2 thick.
7.     Cut the dried tomatoes in smaller pieces. But leave the oil on it!
8.     Now cover the dough with tomatoes and feta cheese.
9.     Then brush plentiful oil of the dried tomatoes on the dough. Season as you like with oregano and fine sea salt.
10.  Preheat oven at 482F. Put the baking sheet on the second rail from the bottom and reduce temperature to 437F. Let bake approx. for 20-25min until desired color.
11.  Take out the done Focaccia and cover with prosciutto and fresh arugula.






Focaccia with tomatoes and mozzarella

Crust:
1 Ibs wheat flour
1 Ibs lukewarm water
recipe
2 teaspoons salt
1 pinch sugar
2 packs dry yeast


Topping:
0.9 Ibs mozzarella
cherry tomatoes
olive oil
fresh basil leaves

1.     Stir wheat flour, water, dry yeast, salt and sugar in a big bowl until it is a smooth mass.
2.     Leave the dough covered for around 2-3 hours.
3.     Pout dough on baking sheet covered with baking paper, touch the dough as little as possible in the process. Leave again for 30min.
4.     Wash and cut the cherry tomatoes in half and cut mozzarella into slices. Then spread both evenly on the dough.
5.     Then brush plentiful with olive oil.
6.     Bake Focaccia in preheated oven at 392F until it is golden brown.
7.     When the Focaccia is done, take it out of the oven and spread fresh basil leaves on top.
8.     If you want you can season with sea salt and other fresh herbs like oregano or herbs de Provence.




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