This Garlic Butter Focaccia Will Change The Way You Bake Bread Forever!

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil offers healthier fats and a similar flavor profile.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

In a large mixing bowl, combine 500 grams of water and 2 teaspoons of instant dry yeast; let sit until frothy.

Add 1 tablespoon of honey and a pinch of pink salt to the yeast mixture; mix well.

In another bowl, add 550 grams of bread flour to the yeast mixture; stir until no dry spots remain.

Cover the bowl and let the mixture rest for 30 minutes.

Perform the first stretch and fold by lifting one side of the dough, stretching it, and folding it over to the other side; rotate the bowl and repeat several times.

Cover the bowl again and let it rest for another 30 minutes.

Repeat the stretch and fold process for a total of three rounds, resting the dough each time.

Prepare the garlic butter by placing garlic cloves in a small oven-safe bowl, covering them with olive oil, and roasting at 180°C (360°F) for about 1 hour until soft and golden.

After the final stretch and fold, prepare the garlic butter mixture by combining softened butter, roasted garlic, chopped parsley, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes; mix until smooth.

Transfer the dough to a greased baking tray, cover, and let it rise for about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 230°C (450°F).

Drizzle more olive oil over the dough and use your fingers to make dimples all over the surface.

Spread the garlic butter mixture over the dough and make dimples again to allow the butter to soak in.

Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown and crispy on top.

Remove from the oven and brush with more garlic butter while still warm.

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