Receta Focaccia Recipe
Last year I was invited to attend an exclusive bread making experience hosted by Taste and Glacier by Sanlam. Our morning started with an amazing breakfast at the Cape Town Hotel School Restaurant and this was followed by learning how to make bread. For those of you who follow me on twitter you might have seen my timeline flooded with information using the #tasteglacier hashtag. There were lots of interesting tit bits handed out by Tim and Ryan Faull and we got to make rolls and focaccia. The most interesting fact I learnt was to use normal temperature tap water for bread making when using a stand mixer. There is no need to get your water to a tepid temperature as the machine warms up the dough. There is something quite sublime when making bread by hand and this is my preferred method if time allows. However, I will never say no to making bread in my bread maker. I also love the squishy feeling of rubbing oil into focaccia, and this basic recipe can be ‘dressed up’ in a variety of ways. On the day of the bread making we used olives and herbs. For this focaccia I added nothing but I will make it again using sun dried tomatoes and rosemary. You can add any toppings of your choice of course! After we made bread, lunch was served from the Limoncello food truck. This was a great experience for me, and one I repeated when Dave and I were at the Le Kap Lifestyle day. After lunch we were treated to a specialty sausage and craft beer tasting with Cure Deli and Triggerfish Brewery. I loved everything we tasted and since then I have bought pork cheeks from Cure Deli and I am thinking of a special recipe to share here on my blog. A big thank you to the entire team for an amazing day and for a stunning goody bag which included my very own bread mixing bowl.
Focaccia Recipe
Adapted from Café Food at Home page 36
Ingredients:
- 1kg bread flour, and extra for dusting
- 15g yeast
- 750mls water
- 25g salt
- Olive oil for drizzling
Method:
Place the flour, yeast and water into a stand mixer
Using the dough hook attachment, mix for 3 minutes on a slow speed
Increase the speed to medium and beat for 6 minutes
Add the salt and beat for a further 2 minutes
Place the dough into a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp cloth
Leave to prove for 3 hours - fold over once at 45 minutes, again after an hour and a half and once more after 2 hours and 10 minutes
Preheat the oven to 220° Celsius and if you have a baking stone, place it in the oven
Lightly dust your work surface with flour and turn out the dough
Divide into 2 equal portions and cover with a damp cloth and leave for 15 minutes
Without knocking back the dough, stretch each piece to fit onto a rectangular baking sheet
Place the dough onto your baking sheet making sure it fits into the corners
Lightly drizzle with olive oil and use your fingertips to create dimples in the dough
Leave to prove for 10 minutes
Bake for 15 minutes making sure that the dough has cooked properly on the bottom before removing from the oven
Leave to cool for 10 minutes and serve warm
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Disclaimer: I was invited to attend this event and my invitation did not require me to write a blog post. This disclaimer is in line with my blogging policy.
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About Tandy Sinclair
I am a foodie who is passionate about regional and seasonal produce. I live in a cottage by the sea with my husband, our three dogs, a tortoise and a fish. We are busy building a house which is an adventure all in itself. Each year we visit a new place to experience the food of the area.