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Focaccia

Ingredients

  • ☐ 6½ cups flour, AP
  • ☐ 2 tsp Salt fine
  • ☐ 1½ cup water
  • ☐ 2¼ tsp yeast
  • ☐ 2 tbl olive oil
  • ☐ 1 cup warm water
  • ☐ splash of honey or 1 tsp sugar
  • ☐ 4 tbl parmesan cheese, grated
  • ☐ 8 cloves garlic sliced thin
  • ☐ red onion !/4 sliced thin
  • ☐ 1 bunch sage fresh leaves, torn in half
  • ☐ flake salt11/2 tbl
  • ☐ 3 tbl olive oil
  • ☐ 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • ☐ 3 oz basil chopped
  • ☐ 1½ sheet pan

Steps

  1. take 1 cup warm water and dump yeast and dash of honey(or 1 tsp sugar). when you see it start to bubble (we call it Bloom) add to flour with salt and the 1/2 cup water and olive oil mix for 8 min with dough hook. oil a large bowl with a couple of tbl of olive oil. put dough into large bowl. and turn until it forms a ball, and cover with a light towel and set in warm place for 2 1 to 1/2 hours. it will have doubled in size. take your hand with fingers extended and poke dough couple of times . cover and let rise another hour, oil a sheet pan with a couple of tbl olive oil. dump dough onto sheet pan and spread. don’t force it . if it doesn’t want to move any
  2. more let it rest for 5 or 10 min and then with fingers poking in dough and pushing gentle to sides and corners. let rest for 30.min it will rise a third time . poke it again and spread red onion put tomato halves into holes .spread sage and basil and parmesan . drizzle 3 tbl of olive oil over it in preheated oven 450 degree for 10 min. pull and sprinkle garlic slices. put back
  3. in oven for 10 to 12 min. lift corner to see if it is lightly crusted. if yes pull from sheet pan.