Savory Italian Flatbread

Name: Savory Italian Flatbread
Yield: Makes two 10 in/25 cm flatbreads to serve 8-10
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 ¼ pt/750 ml lukewarm water; 1 ½ oz/45 g fresh yeast or ¾ oz/22 g dry yeast flavoring; 2 tsp pepper; 2 lb/1 kg flour (more if needed); 3 tbsp/45 ml olive oil

Preparation info

Makes two 10 in 25 cm flatbreads to serve
8-10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

La Varenne Pratique

By Anne Willan

Published 1989

About

Focaccia

Flat, soft-crumbed focaccia is brushed with oil and sprinkled with flavorings such as herbs or nuts. The extra dose of yeast in the recipe gives the bread a particularly zesty lightness.

Ingredients

2 lb/1 kg flour (more if needed)
2 tsp pepper

Europe
France
Bread
Vegan
Mediterranean

Method

Sift the flour with the pepper on to a work surface and make a well in the center. Add the water and oil to the well, sprinkle the yeast over and leave for 5 minutes or until dissolved. With the fingers of one hand, gradually mix the flour into the yeast mixture to make a paste. With a pastry scraper or metal spatula, work in the remaining flour and gather the dough into