Italian Bread: Focaccia

Italian Bread crispy outside and soft fluffy inside garnished with rosemary, cherry tomatoes, and olives. Yummy!

Ingredients

Dough

• 500g flour
• 10g active yeast
• 20g sugar
• 8g salt
• 30ml olive oil
• 1 tbsp. dry thyme
• 350-400ml warm water

Garnish

• 200g cherry tomatoes
• 50g olives
• handful of rosemary springs

Instructions

1. Add into a bowl flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and dried thyme; Mix thoroughly.
2. Add olive oil. Combine the mixture with warm water. Mix briefly the ingredients; there is no need to knead" the dough will be quite soft.
3. Drizzle a tablespoon or two of olive oil evenly on top of the dough.
4. Cover and let the dough proof for one hour or until the dough double in size.
5. Grease a rectangle pan with oil.
6. Shape the dough into a rectangle. Let the dough double in size for 40 minutes.
7. Tip the dough into the tin and stretch it out to fill the edges and corners, press into the dough to make dimples over the surface using oiled fingers.
8. Press cherry tomatoes, olives, and springs of rosemary into the dimples in the dough.
9. Meanwhile, heat the oven to 200°C (395°F). Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the dough is slightly golden.
10. Remove from the oven, and brush it with olive oil.

Cut it into squares and serve it!