Focaccia Bread With Rosemary and Garlic | Italian Bread

Focaccia Bread, a soft and spongy Italian Bread. It's one of our favorite breads to have with soup. Though i make them occasionally, we enjoy it wholeheartedly every time i make it at home. 

When i first searched for some Italian bread to try at home, i found this focaccia bread.The dough was  similar to the pizza dough, so i was confident that there wont be any major disaster and tried it and as expected it turned out so good and i simply loved the golden crust on the top.

For the first time,  i baked this bread in a small round pan and my bread turned out thicker than the typical Focaccia bread and also it was very spongy.  Later i tried the same in a larger baking sheet and it turned out the perfect Focaccia bread.

Though Focaccia Bread is a flattened bread, we like it better when it's thick. So usually i make it in a small pan so that it will turn out fluffy but you can totally spread the dough thin and bake it as a flatten bread. 

When you bake the bread at home, it's all about how you want, right? So bake the way you like even though it's not how it's usually done.

I'm glad that i tried this bread and also it's one of the best breads that i have baked so far.Now let see the procedure.

Focaccia Bread With Rosemary and Garlic

Preparation Time : 1 hr | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Bread | Recipe Cuisine: Italian 

Ingredients 

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All purpose flour/maida - 1 cup

Active dry yeast - 3/4 tsp

Olive oil - 3 tbl spn

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Water - required

Crushed garlic - 1 tsp

Rosemary - 1 tsp

Procedure
Mix the yeast & sugar in lukewarm water and leave it aside for 15 minutes or till it's forthy.After 15 mins, it  become frothy and it's ready to use.

Now take the flour in a large bowl along with salt and  1 tbsp of oil , mix it well, then add yeast mixture and make a sticky dough with required water.

Then oil the bowl well with 1/2 tsp of olive oil and place the dough in the bowl ,cover it and leave it aside for 2 hours or until it doubles its volume.

After 2 hours,dough double in its size.Punch the dough to escape the air.Take the baking dish, grease it well with olive oil and keep it ready.

Now transfer the dough into baking dish and stretch it to the size of the pan with your fingers.
Let it sit for 20 mins, in the mean time preheat the oven . After 20 mins the dough slightly raises, make little dimples on the surface of the dough with your fingers.

Drizzle the remaining 1 &1/2 tbsp of olive oil into the dimples of the dough and sprinkle rosemary on the top and bake it in the preheated oven at 220c/420 F for 15 mins.

Wonderful golden crust focaccia bread is ready. Serve it with a bowl of your favourite soup.

Related: How to make Whole Wheat Bread

Notes:

• To proof the yeast, make sure that the water is lukewarm. It should be 105F to 110F. If you dont have thermometer(like me) to measure the temperature. Put few drops of water in your wrist,  if it's warm  & comfortable to you, that's the correct temperature.
• It tastes great with tomato soup.