Foccacia Bread



Foccacia Bread
Recipe: Sanjay Hingorani

Ingredients:

3 Cups Maida (All Purpose Flour)
2 tsp Dry Active Yeast
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
Water

Capsicum cut in thin strips. Use at least 2 different colours for visual effect. I used 3 colours.
2 tbsp Italian Seasoning
2 tbsp Red Chilli Flakes
Black Olive Slices (Go with green if you have green)
3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Method:

Take 1 cup warm water. Not hot water warm water. Go 20 secs in the micro warm. Add the yeast and sugar and leave it for 2 mins. Use a large mixing bowl here. The yeast is activated. Now add salt, 2 tbsp Olive Oil and the Maida. Mix everything slowly. Keep mixing for 5 mins. Add the baking soda. Mix again. Cover and keep it for proofing for 10 mins.

After 10 mins you will see the batter has risen to thrice its size.
Preheat oven at 180C for 10 mins

Transfer the batter into a well oiled flat baking dish. Oil the sides and the base properly. Use 1 tbsp Olive Oil here. Try and make dents in to the dough when it's flatten here. If it dosent happen becoz the batter is very gooey don't worry. Just put the slices of capsicum and olives. Sprinkle the Italian seasoning and chilli flakes. Also sprinkle more olive oil. It is maida. It will bake.

Note: here you might get a slightly rigid dough. That's what we want. Not the dough we use to make Roti. This dough must be sticky n gooey. Not watery. Not pouring consistency. But sticky n gooey. It you think it's watery add more maida.

Bake on Oven setting in the OTG at 180C for 25 mins Middle Rack or Microvawe Convection Bake mode 200C for 25 mins. Keep an eye after 15 mins.

Hopefully the recipe worked for you and you will have a fluffy and soft Foccacia Bread. I really hope it works for you.
It was my first time ever that I have baked anything. And it came out superb. I was really really amazed and happy.

Eat, Enjoy, Repeat !

Cheers
Sanjay

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