Max’s Original & Best Focaccia

Name: Max’s Original & Best Focaccia
Ingredients: 50 ml extra virgin olive oil (or posh British rapeseed oil, or something similar — let’s not be too fussy); 7 g sachet of fast-action dried yeast (Sainsbury’s yeast is perfect, it is what we use, and it’s amazing); 540 g (we use) Shipton Mill Strong White Bread Flour; ½ tbsp caster sugar; ½ tbsp salt; Maldon sea salt; 288 ml warm water (ideally 38°C). Read the recipe for a precise, easy way to do this

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Max’s Sandwich Book

By Max Halley and Ben Benton

Published 2018

About

This is the best sandwich bread there is. And the only one we make at The Sandwich Shop. It soaks up juice well, but maintains its structural integrity right to the end. You will never need another.

There are pictures below to show you what stuff should look like while you’re making it.

Ingredients

540 g (we use) Shipton Mill Strong White Bread Flour
7 g sachet of fast-action dried yeast (Sainsbury’s yeast is pe

Bread
Vegan

Method

Find an electric mixer with a dough hook, or a large bowl and someone with lots of energy and put all the dry ingredients inside.

Run the cold tap for a bit and put 175 ml of cold water in a measuring jug. Boil the kettle and add 113