Focaccia Bread Recipe | Italian Bread

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats while being more affordable.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

black olives

🥗Healthier: green olives

💰Cheaper: canned olives

Green olives are lower in calories and canned options are budget-friendly.

fresh herbs

🥗Healthier: dried herbs

💰Cheaper: no herbs

Dried herbs maintain flavor and are often less expensive.

Combine 1 cup warm water, 1 tbsp granulated sugar, and 1 tbsp active dry yeast; leave for 5 mins to ferment.

In a bowl, add 3 cups sifted all purpose flour and 1 tsp salt; make a hollow in the middle.

Pour the fermented mixture into the hollow and add 1/2 cup olive oil.

Slowly add flour to the mixture and knead the dough for 10 mins.

Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it ferment for 1.5 hours.

Knead the dough for an additional 2 mins to prevent yeast smell.

Place the dough in a square 10-inch (24 cm) pan and let it ferment for 10 mins.

Pour olive oil over the dough and create deep dents in the surface.

Garnish with sliced onion, tomato, mushroom, olives, and fresh rosemary.

Bake in a preheated 360°F (180°C) oven for 30-40 mins.

Mix 1 tbsp olive oil with 1 clove of garlic and apply it on the focaccia while still hot.

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