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Foccacia Bread

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 pers

Ingredients
  

Bread

  • 4 dl water
  • 25 g fresh yeast (or 7g dry yeast)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 400 g flour
  • 100 g grahamflour
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 100 g olives stoneless
  • 3 branches of fresh rosmary
  • tsp salt flakes

Decoration

  • 2 spring onions
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 oblong bell pepper
  • 2 clove of garlic

Instructions
 

  • Crumble the yeast in a large bowl and pour water into the bowl. Stir the yeast in the water until it has dissolved
  • Add oil (the 3 tbsp), salt, and flour (a little at a time) to the water
  • Stir the dough until it has a uniform texture (it will be too wet to knead)
  • Let the dough rise for 1 hour in the bowl with a piece of dishtowel
  • Line an ovenproof dish (25x25 cm) with baking paper
  • Pour the dough into the dish and let it rise for another 30 minutes
  • Brush/pour olive oil (4 tbsp) over the dough. Press deep holes in the dough with one finger and put an olive in each hole.
  • Chop the fresh rosemary and sprinkle rosemary and salt over the dough
  • Cut the vegetables listed under "Decoration" in the ingredient list into pieces and sprinkle it over the dough
  • Bake the bread in the oven at 180°C for 45 min