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Potato-topped focaccia

Friends, I love me some bread. All kinds of bread. Focaccia is an Italian-style bread made from pizza crust dough, with a good bit of olive oil. And it’s very flexible. You can throw whatever herbs you want in the dough in addition to things like olives, sun-dried tomatoes, caramelized onions—the sky’s the limit!

Focaccia

Ingredients

  • 1 package active drive yeast
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup water
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour (though this could really be half whole-wheat, half cornmeal, half semolina!)
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 3 to 5 cloves of minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp of minced fresh herbs of your choice (I have rosemary and thyme on hand and in pots)
  • 1 potato, thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp olive oil, and more for drizzling
  • Salt and pepper to top—to taste

Preparation

  1. Mix yeast, 1/2 cup warm water, and sugar together in a small bowl and let yeast do its thing;
  2. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients, herbs, garlic, and garlic powder;
  3. Add yeast mixture and 3 tbsp olive oil to dry; add more water until the dough is smooth and pliable (think pizza dough!);
  4. Knead dough on floured surface for a few minutes, until elastic;
  5. Let dough rise in a warm place till doubled in size (anywhere from an hour to an hour-and-a-half);
  6. After the dough rises, punch it down, and preheat the oven to 350F.
  7. Drizzle olive oil in an 8 x 13” baking pan (or you could do this free-from); fit dough into pan.
  8. Using your fingertips, make little indentations all throughout and drizzled olive oil on top so it fills holes;
  9. Layer potato on top, pushing it down gently into dough;
  10. Either use your fingers (like I do) or a brush to coat the potato in olive oil;
  11. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste;
  12. Bake 30-40 minutes, until potatoes start to turn brown and a nice golden crust develops on top.

xoxo,

Teddy

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