Focaccia

For everyone asking my focaccia recipe when enjoying it at our house (and for anyone else wanting to make focaccia at home) here it is:

  • Step 1
    • 400 grams flour
    • 280 grams water
    • 9 grams dried yeast
    • Combine these and let it rest for 15 minutes
  • Step 2
    • Add 12 grams of salt and let it again rest for 15 minutes
  • Step 3
    • Add 20 grams of olive oil and let it rest for 15 minutes
  • Step 4
    • Fold the dough. Turn it 90 degrees and fold again. and another 90 degrees turn and a fold
    • Let it rest for 40 minutes
  • Step 5
    • Repeat step 4 (including rest time) twice
  • Step 6
    • Grease an oven pan with some olive oil and sprinkle some semolina on the bottom
    • Put the dough in the oven pan, flatten it and spead some olive oil on top.
    • Let it proof at room temperature for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
    • This all could be done the day before, leaving the dough in the fridge overnight.
  • Step 7
    • Flatten the dough and let it rest for 30 minutes
    • Preheat the oven on 220 degrees Celsius (430 Fahrenheit)
  • Step 8
    • Make a salamoia by mixing 30 grams of water and 30 grams of olive oil and shaking it very well
    • Make little holes in the dough and spread the salamoia over it
    • Sprinkle a bit of fior di sale over the dough
    • Bake it in the oven for 30 – 40 minutes until it has a nice yellow color

Let it cool down and enjoy a delicious focaccia