ROSEMARY #FOCACCIA #BREAD

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Published September 24, 2019
ROSEMARY #FOCACCIA #BREAD
This delicious Rosemary Focaccia Bread recipe is basic to make, and tastes so wealthy and marvelous with the addition of recent rosemary, olive oil and flaked sea salt.


INGREDIENTS:
1 1/3 cup warm water (about 110°F*)
2 teaspoons sugar or honey
1 (0.25 ounce) package deal deal active-dry yeast
3 1/2 cups all aim flour
1/4 cup additional virgin olive oil, plus additional for drizzling
2 teaspoons flaked sea salt
2 sprigs recent rosemary
flaked sea salt

DIRECTIONS:
Add warm water (*about 110°F, which you'll be able to degree with a thermometer should you desire to be certain it’s the proper temp) and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough attachment, and stir to combine.  Sprinkle the yeast on higher of the water.  Give the yeast a speedy stir to blend it in with the water.  Then permit it sit for 5-10 minute till the yeast is foamy.
Turn the mixer onto low speed, and upload step by step flour, olive oil and salt.  Increase velocity to medium-low, and keep blending the dough for 5 minutes.  (If the dough is simply too sticky and isn’t pulling clear of the aspects of the bowl, upload in an additional 1/4 cup flour whereas or not it's mixing.)
Remove dough from the blending bowl, and use your arms to form it suitable into a ball.  Grease the blending bowl (or a separate bowl) with olive oil or cooking spray, then position the dough ball again within the bowl and disguise it with a humid towel.  Place in a warm region (I set mine by the window) and permit it rise for 45-60 minutes, or till the dough has virtually doubled in size.
Preheat oven to 400°F.  Turn the dough onto a floured surface, and roll it out suitable into a enormous circle or rectangle till that the dough is ready 1/2-inch thick*.  Cover the dough with a greased piece of plastic wrap, and permit the dough keep to rise for one other 20 minutes.
Remove the plastic wrap, and move the dough to a enormous baking sheet.  Use your fingers to poke deep dents (seriously, poke all of the method down to the baking sheet!) throughout the floor of the dough.  Then drizzle a tablespoon or NULL of olive oil lightly throughout the higher of the dough, and sprinkle lightly with the recent rosemary needles and sea salt.
Bake for 20 minutes, or till the dough is fairly golden and cooked through.  Remove from the oven, and drizzle with a bit additional olive oil if desired.
Slice, and serve warm.
*Different folks have other choices on the thickness in their focaccia.  I err on liking a thicker bread, so should you desire yours thinner, simply roll it out a bit more.  It will get up somewhat whereas baking.

A few years ago, our Kansas City tribe misplaced certainly one of our finest — our Cammie — to the Wild Wild West (of Denver, obvs ?) the position she went to pass dwell collectively with her love.  It was a wild and marvelous move, and we’re all grateful that it labored out for the best, but we nonetheless miss her round proper proper here like crazy.

BUT.  I’ve gotta say that — additional than anybody else I understand — Cammie additional than makes up for her absence by being the freaking finest organizer of our antique chums every one time she makes a traditional go to to town.  Seriously, I really sense just like the woman organizes additional completely satisfied hours than any of our friends, and she doesn’t even dwell proper proper here anymore!  ?   But what’s even higher is that she organizes get-togethers at people’s houses.  So about every week earlier than her arrival, we are able to at all times depend on a textual content from Cammie announcing that she’s wanting a house.  And then certain enough, she at all times follows by and does all of the legwork rallying everybody collectively and planning a meal, after which — voila — a great time collectively with at all times ensues.

(Oh, and bonus — Cammie is maybe my respectable chum who loves ALDI even additional than I do.  So I can at all times depend on her to present up with a grocery bag filled with latest unearths that we are able to oooh and ahhhh and “omg-I-love-that-cheese-too!” together.)

This previous Friday night, I ended up being the fortunate hostess of a last-minute completely satisfied hour that Cammie pulled collectively when she decided to come to metropolis on the final minute.  I was feeling pooped after a lengthy work week that afternoon, making an attempt to rally for the night ahead.  But the moment that every one one of our girlfriends began displaying up, and the hugs and hellos had been handed around, and the wine glasses began being filled, and all of us stuffed up our plates with warm Italian lentil soup and Caesar salad and and freshly-baked focaccia bread, and relaxed again into our chairs round the desk — I couldn’t have been happier.  I love those chums of mine so much.  And oh my gosh, I was reminded how I love our conversations about everything from well wines to magic realism to Mahershala Ali to Facebook ads for creepy earthquake beds (seriously, YouTube them) to Barcelona to skincare to Jeff Sessions and additional so much.  And oh my gosh, I snicker with them till my cheeks harm so much.

So a lot love for this crew.  ?

Anyway, suffice it to say, it was yet one other memorable nighttime time method to our fearless organizer.  And it also ended up being a excellent meal, method to this ultra-easy soup recipe, my favourite Costco kale salad, tons of delicious ALDI cheese and crackers, and this ultra-comforting rosemary focaccia bread recipe, which I can’t appear to cease making lately.

Like, seriously.  I made this bread three occasions final week, and nonetheless beloved every one final chew of it.  ?

I mean, let’s be real, I perpetually and at all times love simply about any bread that's served warm and recent proper out of the oven.  But there’s anything additional magical about warm, comforting, decadent focaccia bread.  Especially this recipe, which is kicked up a primary notch with plenty of recent rosemary, additional drizzles of olive oil, and a beneficiant sprinkle of flaked sea salt.  Oh my heavens, it heavily is all of my bread goals come true.

And the finest part?

It’s so basic to make!

Just whip up a basic batch of dough.  (Trust me, even when you’re new to running with yeast, the lessons under will stroll you by every one and each one step.  You’ve got this!)  Then as soon as it has risen, after which proofed, after which been rolled out onto a baking sheet…

…use your fingers to poke the heck out of the dough (which creates yummy little wallet for the olive oil to pool, and in addition prevents your dough from growing too excessive whereas baking).  Then drizzle plenty of olive oil on top, and sprinkle the dough with recent rosemary leaves and flaked sea salt.  Bake it for about 20 minutes, or till everything’s well and golden.

Then supply it onnnnnne additional wholesome drizzle of olive oil, for well measure.  Slice it up…serve…

…and enjoy.

Seriously, I haven’t had this many requests from chums (and from Barclay) for a recipe to present up on the weblog in awhile.  So with out added ado, proper proper here it is!  Hope which you simply take pleasure in it as a lot as we did, and desire that you'll be able to share it with a few of your favourite folks too.  ?

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