Evan’s Focaccia Bread

Name: Evan’s Focaccia Bread
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 1.3 kg white bread flour; 60 g fresh yeast; 32 g salt; 1 litre water; oil – for greasing; extra flour – for work surface; olive oil – to top; Maldon sea salt flakes – to top

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mile 8

By David Higgs

Published 2018

About

Evan Faull has a rich history in food and baking, and you can find his Knead bakeries all over South Africa now. My worst is bread; I don’t have the patience, but this is a really good recipe, and you should have no problem with it.

Ingredients

1.3 kg white bread flour
60 g fresh yeast
1 litre

Africa
South Africa
Vegan
Bread

Method

Place the flour, yeast and water in a mixer with a hook attachment. Mix the dough on speed 1 for 3 minutes. Set the speed to 2 and mix for a further 6 minutes. Add the salt and continue to mix for 2 minutes. Place the dough in an oiled container and cover with plastic. Refrigerate overnight.

In the morning, remove the dough from the fridge and set a timer for 45 minutes. After 45 minute