Homemade Onion Focaccia
Focaccia is an Italian bread enriched with olive oil and all sorts of greens and flavors. It is quite simple to make and the result is spectacularly good.
I first made focaccia a few years ago and since then I just can’t seem to find the time, even though it’s easy to make, and even though it’s very delicious.
I use a mix of white & wholemeal flour, because not everyone in my house loves wholemeal bread, and fresh yeast, which I prefer to dried.
Focaccia with Onions
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 400 g white flour
- 100 g wholemeal flour
- 25 g fresh yeast
- 300 ml water
- 50 ml olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Topping
- 2 onions
- 1/2 parsley leaves
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- coarse salt
Instructions
How to make FOCACCIA WITH ONIONS:
- Mix the white flour with the wholemeal flour and salt and make a well in the middle.
- Heat 100 ml (3.4 fl. oz) of water slightly and add the yeast.
- Leave the yeast for 10 minutes then pour it over the flour.
- Start kneading gently and gradually add the rest of the water and the oil.
- You should get a soft and non-sticky dough. If necessary, add more flour or water.
- Grease a large baking tray with olive oil.
- Place the dough in the pan and turn it several times so that it is oiled on all sides.
- Cover the dough with cling film and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour until doubled in volume.
- Julienne the onion and chop the parsley, but not too finely.
- After an hour, using your fingers, gently roll the dough in the pan so that it reaches the edges.
- Make small indentations all over the dough.
- Sprinkle coarse salt on top, then the onion and parsley.
- Pour over the olive oil.
- Leave the dough to rise for another 45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to high (200 degrees Celsius or 390 Fahrenheit) and bake the onion focaccia until nicely browned on top, about 25-30 minutes.
- It's delicious hot or cold.
- Enjoy!
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