Focaccia Bread from the scratch

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I am no Italian but I am a fan of their cuisine, and one of my favorite wonderful foods they have is Focaccia Breads. I always love watching Italian cooking shows making real authentic dishes per region. Their cuisine and culture fascinates me. Recently, I tried to make this flat oven-baked bread that is very similar to a pizza dough. And since we are on a home quarantine my resources are limited so i have to make adjustments and be resourceful as i could.

I made my Focaccia Bread from scratch. It’s easy and delicious. I made mine with a filling of Tomatoes, onions and mozzarella cheese.

Ingredients

Dough

• All purpose flour, 3 ½ cup

• Instant yeast, 2 tsp

• Salt , 1 tsp

• Garlic powder, ½ tsp optional

• Extra virgin olive oil, 2 Tbsp

• Lukewarm water, 1 ½ cup

Fillings and Toppings

• Mozzarella , shredded

• Tomatoes, sliced

• Onions, sliced

• Salt

• Olive oil, 1 Tbsp

Procedure

• Combine the Dough ingredients and knead until you achieve a smooth dough. Knead not more than 10 minutes.
  
• Place the dough in a greased bowl,turn to coat. Cover and let rise for 1 hour or until double in size.
• Meanwhile, in a preheated pan, Saute onion in olive oil until soft and translucent. Set aside.
• Next, fry tomatoes until soft but not mushy and Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit
• Once the dough has rested. Punch it down in a lightly floured surface and rest for another 10 minutes.
• Divide it into equal balls and roll it to a circle or square shape and as flat as possible.
  
• Drizzle Olive oil in a pan and place the flattened dough. Prick the dough with a fork.
  
• Top with the filling, Mozzarella cheese,tomatoes, onion and salt.
  
• Roll the second half of dough into an equal sized circle/square. Place it on top of the filling.
• Seal the dough by pressing the edges of the circle.
  
• Brush the top with olive oil and prick with a fork.
  
• Bake the bread for 15 - 20 minutes.

Allow to cool for 10 minutes before slicing. I didn't, I was starving:)

Don’t worry if the dough is not a perfect circle or square. It will still be delicious. Enjoy!

I really appreciate your feedback and Thank you for checking my recipe.

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