• Focaccia

    Ingredients

    • ½ quantity of basic bread dough
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) Parmesan, grated
    • 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil
    • 12 small cherry tomatoes
    • 12 pitted black olives
    • ½ red onion, finely chopped
    • 10ml (2 tsp) crushed garlic
    • 2 fresh rosemary sprigs, chopped
    • 125ml (½ cup) mozzarella, grated
    • coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 200°C. Brush a baking sheet or a round loose-based 24cm cake tin with olive oil.

    2

    Make your dough according to the recipe.

    3

    Layer the dough evenly on the baking sheet or in the cake tin, spreading it with your hands into a round or oblong shape. Sprinkle the dough with Parmesan.

    4

    Dip your fingertips in oil and press some distinct holes into the dough. Press tomatoes and olives into the holes.

    5

    Generously sprinkle with olive oil so that some of the oil collects in the holes. Set aside in a warm place and allow to rise for 20 minutes.

    6

    Sprinkle red onion, garlic, rosemary, mozzarella, salt and black pepper over the focaccia.

    7

    Bake in the oven until golden brown and crisp, about 20 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack.