Garlic Rosemary Focacia

Easy to make and easy to eat that is what focacia is all about. Oven baked tradittional Italian bread that comes with variety of toppings of your choice. This rustic bread will make a beautiful base for sweet or savoury toppings. For a best focacia try to create as much as dimples wih your fingers on the dough and drizzle with generous amount of olive oil to create a crisp and moist bread. Focacia can be served with pasta or cold salad


Ingredients

5 cups all purpose flour
2 onions, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
1 pckt active yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 bulp garlic
1 tsp salt
6 tbsp olive oil
3-4 springs of rosemary


Methods

Cut the bottom of garlic, drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil cover with aliminium foil and bake for 10 min in 180' Cel oven. Once done, let it cool down and squeeze out the roasted garlic

Dissolve yeast in a warm water. The mixture will foam in few minutes. In a large bowl combine flour and salt. Add the yeast mixture and knead till well mix and form into a ball. Place the dough into a oil greased bowl, cover the bowl and let it sit in a warm place for atleast 1 hour

After an hour the dough will be doubled in size. Punch down the dough to release extra air and place the dough in a baking pan layered with baking sheet.

Using your fingertips, stretch the dough to cover the entire baking pan. Cover the baking pan and let it rest in a warm place for 20 minutes

Once the dough puffed up, using your fingertips, dimple (poke the dough) all over. Sprinkle with rosemary, onion,garlic and tomatoes. Drizzle the focacia with remaining 5 tbsp olive oil

Place the focacia in the middle rack of the 375'F or 190' Cel preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes

Focacia is at it best when serve hot