Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian similar in style and texture to pizza. Focaccia can be served as a side dish or as sandwich bread.
In Ancient Rome, panis focacius was a flat bread baked in a brick- or stone-lined fireplace. The basic recipe is thought by some to have originated with the Etruscans, but today it is widely associated with the cuisine from Liguria and Apulia.
This is our easy peasy recipe for you.
INGREDIENTS
500g of flour
1 teaspoon of sugar (to activate the yeast)
1 tablespoon of salt
500ml of water
Olive oil
Cherry tomatoes
PREPARATION
Put the 500g of flour in a large bowl. Add the yeast, the sugar and salt and mix all together. Add the water and mix. Sprinkle some olive oil, cover with a plastic film and place on the fridge for 12 hours. Sprinkle olive oil in a pan and place the dough on it. Flatten the dough with your hands and let it raise for at least 2 hours. Then sprinkle olive oil on it and garnish it with either rosemary or cherry tomatoes.
Cook in the oven at 180C (355F) for half hour.
Enjoy it!