Foolproof Focaccia – back to basics

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Foolproof Focaccia; a deliciously fluffy and simple Italian style bread sprinkled with rosemary and sea salt, perfect for snacking on, dunking in soup or making epic sandwiches!

 

There aren’t many foods that make me as happy as bread does. It’s both filling AND delicious, and it goes well with pretty much anything.

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I’ve been trying to make a loaf or two a week recently on my days off, and I really enjoy the whole process, even if there is a little bit of time to wait for each pillow of dough to bake into a fluffy, crusty loaf.

This foolproof focaccia has been a staple bake for years, my family adores it, and it even has approval from my Italian boyfriend! We love to eat it with soup for dinner, or as chunky panini. It goes especially well with my Parsnip, Cheddar and Apple Soup.

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The best thing about this bread is that there is NO kneading involved! No rolling up your sleeves to pound and stretch away at a ball of stubborn dough for ages, just a few hours of letting it rise, with the occasional dough fold. Perfect lazy baking. Minimal effort for maximum pleasure.

If I can make this foolproof focaccia, then you can too! The recipe was inspired by a similar one in James Morton’s Brilliant Bread, one which I will endlessly recommend to anyone who wants to try their hand at homemade bread. The book is perfect for beginners or enthusiasts and he goes into great detail about every aspect of the bread making process, from mixing your first white loaf to shaping sticky rye sourdough. Do have a look if you’re interested! 

This foolproof focaccia recipe’s sticky dough becomes a gloriously golden fluffy bread, with beautiful irregular holes throughout the inside and a gorgeously soft, chewy and savoury crust.

It does take a few hours to make this loaf, but YOU only have to involve yourself in about 10 minutes of this time, the rest is just waiting for the dough to rise! Plus, the wait is well worth it. Homemade bread is the best.

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This foolproof focaccia recipe is one that is perfect in our current circumstances. I write this as the UK is beginning to shut down public gatherings and send workers home for public safety. Many of us across the world are spending a lot more time indoors, with less work to do and more mouths to feed during the day.

You can bake this bread using store cupboard ingredients, or ingredients that will keep fresh for weeks and months. In the likely case that many of us fear leaving the house or will only venture out for staple ingredients, this focaccia can easily become a recipe in your repertoire.

It is simple enough for beginners. It requires very little hands-on time, meaning that home-workers or parents with unexpected childcare duties can get on with life while this is created in the background. It also creates a big loaf of delicious and nourishing bread that will feed a lot of mouths, or keep a small household fed for a few days.

Importantly, the making and eating of this focaccia is likely to help you stay calm in our strange new world. Anything we can do to take care of ourselves, our families or our struggling neighbours is worth doing at the moment.

Before I leave you to make and enjoy this foolproof focaccia, I just want to emphasise how grateful I am for you guys to be consuming my content and engaging with me. Also how much I wish you all a healthy and safe time over the next few weeks and months.

Thank you, and take care.

To make this foolproof focaccia, simply follow the recipe below!

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One Reply to “Foolproof Focaccia – back to basics”

  1. I’ve made this bread 3 times and I love it! Definitely one of the best recipes I’ve ever seen. I do have to cook my bread for about 40 minutes to an hour due to a very cheap oven provided by my college apartment. But, I make it work and it comes out amazing once I adjust for baking time!

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