Heavenly Focaccia bread with tomato and olives

Heavenly Focaccia bread with tomato and olives

I don't know if this was a memory for everyone but growing up I used to walk to school, and directly across the road from school was a little old bakery, and well you know what's coming next, the smell...

Need I say more, ok I will just something quick, this recipe will do exactly that, its going to create a warm and inviting heavenly scent into your kitchen and who ever is around is gonna come to see what's baking in the oven.

ok just one more thing, quality, quality, quality ingredients so use our Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil when making this.

This is a serving for up to 7 people, multiply ingredients for additional servings.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups (310ml) warm water

  • 2 teaspoons (7g/1 sachet) of dried yeast

  • 3 cups (450g) of plain flour

  • 2 teaspoons of sea salt

  • 1/4 cup (60ml) Blu Estate Reserve EVOO

  • 100g cherry tomatoes 

  • 1/4 cup (40g) pitted kalamata olives

  • 1/4 cup (40g) of dried rosemary

  • 1 clove of garlic crushed finely

Method

  1. Combine the water, yeast and sugar in a cup, set aside for 5 mins.

  2. Preheat your oven to 200C.

  3. Pour into a cup Blu Estate Reserve EVOO, dried rosemary, a sprinkle of salt and crushed garlic, stir and set aside to infuse.

  4. Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl, make a well in the centre, pour in your yeast mixture and Blu Estate EVOO. , and begin kneading the dough 10 minutes (do not over knead the dough)

  5. Place into an EVOO greased bowl and cover the mixture with a tea towel, place in a warm, draught-free place for 1 hour or until dough doubles in size.

  6. Place dough onto a floured surface and knead out to the same size as baking tin.

  7. Place the mixture into a EVOO greased baking tin, brush Blu Estate EVOO across the top of your dough and place your cherry tomatoes, olives, and a sprinkle of dried rosemary and salt.

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