Tessa Kiros

Focaccia con olive

Flat bread with olives

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    oven tray of about 30 x 40 cm
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
top 1000Twelve: A Tuscan Cookbook
Twelve

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2003

  • About

This is a lovely variation to serve with, or in place of, bread. You can also make this dough in a mixer using a dough hook.

Ingredients

  • 25 g (1 oz) fresh yeast
  • 310 ml (1¼

Method

In a bowl, combine the yeast, the water and the sugar to activate.

Put the flour and 1 teaspoon of salt into a large, wide bowl or onto a surface. Add the yeast to the flour and mix in with a fork to incorporate. Add the oil and begin kneading with your hands for about 10 minutes until you ha