Foccacia bread

 FOCCACIA BREAD 

Foccacia bread is also called as an soup sticks. Usually they serve it with soups in Italian cuisine.They do this in different shapes as sticks, minibytes, French knot and so on. Here i have shown as just roll and bake into big bun and cut into sticks. You can try out different shapes using this. 

INGREDIENTS 

Maida - 1 cup 

Water - 1/2 cup 

Yeast - 1/2 tsp 

Salt - 1/2 tsp 

Sugar - 1/2 tsp 

Olive oil - 3 tbsp 

Garlic - 5 pods (chopped finely)

Rosemary - 1 tsp 

PROCEDURE

- In a bowl add half cup warm water 

- Add in sugar 

- Add in yeast and give a good mix and allow to rest in warm place for about 15 mins or till it gets activates 

- In a mixing bowl add in maida and salt and mix 

- Make a hole in the centre and add in activated yeast 

- Mix everything and knead into smooth dough and apply 1 tsp of olive oil 

- Seal with cling wrap and keep in warm place till the dough doubles 

- Once the dough doubles in amount give a punch and knead gently for about 1 minute 

- In a baking tray grease with oil 

- Spread the dough evenly in a tray and allow it to proof for another half an hour 

- Now make small dents in the dough and add garlic, rosemary and olive oil 

- Now bake it in preheated OTG for 20 mins 

STEP BY STEP PICTURES 

Add warm water in a bowl 

Add in sugar 

Add in yeast and give a good mix and allow for 10 mins till it activates 

In a mixing bowl add in maida 

Add in salt and mix evenly 

Add in activated yeast to maida 

Knead into a smooth dough 

Add olive oil to avoid dryness and keep it in a warm place till the dough double the size 

Now the dough is doubled in size 

Give one punch and knead slightly 

Grease the baking tray with olive oil

Place the dough in the tray 

Spread evenly and allow to proof for 30 minutes 

Once proofed for 30 minutes and make a dents 

Add chopped garlic 

Add in rosemary 

Add in olive oil 

Place it in a OTG and bake for about 20 minutes with 200 degree celsius 

Once baked remove from oven and allow to cool down 

Once cool down slice them into slices and serve hot with soup 

TIPS 

- Always preheat the oven for about 10 minutes before baking

- Different shapes of soup sticks can be made with this 

- Olive oil gives good flavour or you can substitue with normal cooking oil 

- Serve this with some tomato soup this will be the best combo 

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