Rosemary Focaccia Bread
By: Our Plant Based World
Tags: Lombardia, Italy, Focaccia, Foodies, Food And Drink

Full recipe at https://ourplantbasedworld.com/rosemary-focaccia-bread/

Another weakness of ours. It is as easy to have a weakness for Rosemary Focaccia Bread as it is to have it for pizza because they are related. Today I share with you my version; after lots of trial and error, I am pleased with it.

What is Focaccia?

Focaccia is a flat oven-baked Italian bread similar in style and texture to pizza dough. You can use it as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread. In Italy, it is even a snack. It is widespread to go into a bakery and just ask for a piece of this delicious bread.

Italians consider Focaccia a Ligurian bread, but there are many different variations in Italy’s regions, which come with various ingredients commonly put on top.

There’s the Focaccia Alla Genovese, Focaccia al Rosmarino (Rosemary Focaccia Bread), Focaccia with Onions, Focaccia with Cheese, the list goes on and on. The ones commonly found even in mainstream supermarkets are onions or olive ones, which I recommend if you want to make an interesting variation.

As you may know, in Italy, it is imperative to call things by their name, so many Italians would say that this is not a Focaccia, judging by their idea of a Focaccia. I am usually cautious with this, but today I am making an exception for two reasons:

Simply because, just as with pizza, the versions are countless, so I am taking the liberty to call this: My Focaccia version.

Even amongst Italians, if you go online, you can find tens of thousands of variations, so how can another variation harm the world?

I love Semolina and the sandy, dusty effect it has on bread and pizza. In my opinion, Semolina just makes bread and pizzas have more of a Sourdough texture, which I am all in for.

Very important Tips if New to Baking!

FLOUR

Flour type is a big deal when it comes to baking. I learned it the hard way. You just can’t use any flour for any dish. The zeros define the amount of gluten (protein) a given flour type has, thus what the flour is good for.

The fewer zeros, the more gluten, and gluten is the protein that makes a dough raise. If you use a multipurpose flour (most likely a 000), it will not grow as a 0 or 00 one.

Flours used for baking cakes are most likely the 0000 type because you don’t want your cake to lose its shape.

There is no better or worse flour; you just need to know what you want it for.

YEAST

Yeasts are microorganisms from the fungus kingdom. They are alive; they hate salt and love sugar. When you use salt, make sure it doesn’t come in direct contact with yeast; it will kill it, the same way hot water will. Yeasts like warm water and sweets, don’t we all?

Without any other tips, here is the Focaccia! Let me now how it goes!

Flat oven-baked Italian bread similar in style and texture to pizza dough. You can use it as a side to many meals or as sandwich bread.

More Italian Inspiration?

Rosemary Focaccia: Before and After

Saffron Risotto Lemony Spaghetti

I couldn’t find the exact brands of flour and Semolina I use here in Italy, but these two should make it. Important is to have a Manitoba One Zero Flour and a Hard Durum Wheat Semola.

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