Bake the taste of the Mediterranean at home! Discover sun-dried tomato focaccia - a savory delight. 🍅✨
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Rise time2 hourshrs
Total Time2 hourshrs40 minutesmins
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American, Mediterranean
Servings: 16
Calories: 151kcal
Author: Sula
Ingredients
¼ounceactive dry yeastinstant
2 ½cupswarm water105 to 115F
5cupsflour
2 ½teaspoonssalt
½cupchopped sun-dried tomato
1tablespoon+fresh rosemary, chopped
Olive oil
Flaky sea salt
Instructions
Place yeast, flour, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together, then add water and sun-dried tomatoes.
¼ ounce active dry yeast, 2 ½ cups warm water, 5 cups flour, 2 ½ teaspoons salt, ½ cup chopped sun-dried tomato
Mix until the dough starts to come away from the walls of the bowl. It will be sticky.
Form the dough into a ball. Coat the ball with olive oil, all around.
Olive oil
Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap and place in a warm place for one to two hours, until dough has doubled in size. (longer time is okay)
Take 2 forks and use them to pull the dough away from the sides of the bowl. the pans.
Prepare a 9x13-inch pan by lining with parchment paper.
Drizzle some olive oil into the pan, on the parchment paper.
Olive oil
Place the dough into the pan and gently pull, if necessary, to mostly fill the pan.
Brush a little olive oil evenly over the top of the loaf. Sprinkle rosemary and some flaky salt over the dough.
1 tablespoon+, Flaky sea salt, Olive oil
Cover the pan(s) and let the dough rise again until doubled (at least 45 minutes).
Preheat oven to 425F.
With lightly oiled fingers, create deep dimples in the dough just before baking.
Bake 20-25 minutes, until lightly browned.
Lightly drizzle the bread with olive oil, remove from pan(s) and cut in squares to serve.
Olive oil
Notes
For thinner focaccia, use a larger pan. A 10x15 rimmed baking sheet will give the dough more room to spread out before baking.