Rosemary Focaccia

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    2

    large loaves
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
The Barbuto Cookbook: California-Italian Cooking from the Beloved West Village Restaurant

By Jonathan Waxman

Published 2020

  • About

Heather Miller is my spirit baker/pastry chef. Self-taught, incredibly humble, she has a fire in her belly and makes the best baked goods in the land. Here is a prime example, her focaccia. Nowadays we all know what focaccia is: a salted, yeasty bread resembling over-risen pizza.

The best part of this bread is how easy it is to bake at home. The real tricks are simple: good oil, sea salt, a bread starter (biga), and some decent rosemary. I particularly like the brea