350 g white flour
5 g salt
15 g fresh yeast
2 tbsp turmeric powder
100 ml olive oil
270 g water, lukewarm
50 g soft tried tomatoes (finely diced)
- The night before, combine 50 g of flour with 5 g fresh yeast and 50 g water. Stir well and let it sit on the kitchen counter over night (ca. 12 hours).
- In a large bowl or the bowl of your kitchen machine, combine the remaining flour, salt, turmeric and crumble the remaining yeast into it. Add the pre-dough or levain to the dough ingredients.
- Add the remaining water and 50 ml olive oil. Kneed the dough until it is very smooth. Let is rest for approximately 1,5 hours or until doubled in size.
- Knock the air out of the dough and kneed the diced tomatoes into it.
- Oil a large cooking sheet and add the dough. Let it rest for about an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C convention.
- With your fingers make holes in the dough. Add the remaining olive oil on top.
- Bake the focaccia for about 30 minutes.
- Take out of the oven and drizzle a few sprinkles of olive oil on top and serve warm – BON APPÉTIT!


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