Make a easy, selfmade model of this basic Italian bread. Serve our rosemary focaccia alongside pasta dishes or get pleasure from with inexperienced salads

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:25 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:20 minutes
  • plus proving
• Straightforward
• Serves 12

• Freezable
• Dairy-free
• Egg-free
• Vegan
• Vegetarian

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Elements

• 500g robust bread flour, plus additional for dusting
• 7g dried quick motion yeast
• 2 tsp high-quality sea salt
• 5 tbsp olive oil, plus additional for the tin and to serve
• 1 tsp flaky sea salt
• ¼ small bunch of rosemary, sprigs picked

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Technique

• STEP 1

  Tip the flour into a big mixing bowl. Combine the yeast into one facet of the flour, and the high-quality salt into the opposite facet.

• STEP 2

  Then combine every thing collectively, this preliminary seperation prevents the salt from killing the yeast.

• STEP 3

  Make a properly in the course of the flour and add 2 tbsp oil and 350-400ml lukewarm water, including it step by step till you may have a barely sticky dough (you could not want all of the water).

• STEP 4

  Sprinkle the work floor with flour and tip the dough onto it, scraping across the sides of the bowl. Knead for 5-10 minutes till your dough is mushy and fewer sticky. Put the dough right into a clear bowl, cowl with a tea towel and go away to show for 1 hr till doubled in measurement.

• STEP 5

  Oil a rectangle, shallow tin (25 x 35cm). Tip the dough onto the work floor, then stretch it to fill the tin. Cowl with a tea towel and go away to show for an additional 35-45 minutes.

• STEP 6

  Warmth the oven to 220C/200C fan/gasoline 7. Press your fingers into the dough to make dimples.

• STEP 7

  Combine collectively 1½ tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp water and the flaky salt and drizzle over the bread. Push sprigs of rosemary into the dimples within the dough.

• STEP 8

  Bake for 20 minutes till golden. While the bread continues to be scorching, drizzle over 1-2 tbsp olive oil. Reduce into squares and serve heat or chilly with additional olive oil, in the event you like.