{"id":96,"date":"2008-08-24T15:24:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2010-02-27T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T15:52:27","slug":"rosemary-focaccia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"Rosemary Focaccia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/foccacia-011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97\" title=\"Rosemary Focaccia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/foccacia-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/foccacia-011.jpg 2848w, http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/foccacia-011-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something about focaccia that I can&#8217;t quite put my finger on.? People who would?normally just pass around the breadbasket at the dinner table without partaking, lunge hungrily at pieces of focaccia?when included as part of the?breadbasket fare.? Perhaps it&#8217;s the delicious unctuousness of the surface craters?filled with fragrant rosemary oil.? Or maybe it&#8217;s the light, airy crumb?perfectly suited to sopping up the last?bit of sauce or juice at the end of a perfect meal.??Either way,?focaccia has become a flatbread?favorite here in the U.S., perhaps second only to pizza.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The focaccia formula used here is based on a poolish pre-ferment and is a modified version of the one described in?Reinhart&#8217;s?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bread-Bakers-Apprentice-Mastering-Extraordinary\/dp\/1580082688\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1219599591&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Bread Baker&#8217;s Apprentice<\/a>.? The focaccia dough is extremely wet (~75% hydration) and contains a fair amount of olive oil, making focaccia dough one of the few doughs that I mix using a stand mixer.? The high hydration also necessitates the use of?multiple folds after mixing to?properly develop the gluten.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span><strong>Poolish<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>320 g Heartland Mill Organic?All-Purpose Flour<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>340 g?Water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>1\/4 tsp.?Instant Yeast<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><strong>Final Dough<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>565 g of the above Poolish<\/li>\n<li>340 g Heartland Mill Organic All-Purpose Flour<\/li>\n<li>170 g Water<\/li>\n<li>15 g?Salt<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2?tsp. Instant Yeast<\/li>\n<li>85 g Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>Fresh, coarsely chopped Rosemary and Olive Oil, as needed<\/li>\n<li>Kosher Salt, to taste<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prepare the poolish the night before?baking by?stirring together the flour, yeast and water until the ingredients in the bowl are well incorporated.? Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature until the poolish?becomes bubbly, about 3 hours.? Immediately place the bowl in the refrigerator and let the poolish ferment there overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, remove the poolish from the refrigerator and let warm to room temperature for 1 hour.? Add the water and poolish to the bowl of a stand mixer and mix on low speed with the whisk attachment until the mixture is homogeneous.??With the whisk still going, add the olive oil and continue mixing until the oil is incorporated.? Switch to the paddle attachment, add the flour, yeast and salt, and mix?on low speed until all the flour is hydrated, about 2-3 minutes.? Increase the speed to medium and mix until low to medium gluten development is achieved, about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Scrape the extremely fluid dough into an oiled container and let rest for 5 minutes.??Fold the dough, using wet hands to prevent sticking, as shown below:<br \/>\n[qt:http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/FocacciaFold1.MOV 500 375]<br \/>\nLet the dough ferment for 1 1\/2 hours at room temperature, repeating the dough folding at 30 and 60 minutes. After this first fermentation period, the dough is transferred to an oiled baking sheet and olive oil is brushed onto the surface of the dough. Using fingertips, the dough is then gently eased to the edges of the baking sheet, trying to maintain an even thickness throughout. If the dough becomes too elastic during this step, let the dough rest for 5 minutes, then resume. Sprinkle the surface of the dough with fresh, coarsely chopped rosemary, lightly cover with plastic wrap, and let ferment a second time for 1 1\/2 hours. After this time, sprinkle additional olive oil over the surface of the dough, dimple the surface with fingertips, and sprinkle the surface with kosher salt, to taste.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cent\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-98\" title=\"Dimpling Surface of Focaccia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/foccacia-006-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The focaccia is baked in a pre-heated, 450?F oven for 20 minutes, rotating the pan 180? after the first 10 minutes to ensure even baking.? The pan is removed from the oven and the focaccia is removed immediately from the pan and allowed to cool on a cooling rack for at least 20 minutes before cutting into slices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cent\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-99\" title=\"Cooling Focaccia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.breadcetera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/foccacia-009-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something about focaccia that I can&#8217;t quite put my finger on.? People who would?normally just pass around the breadbasket at the dinner table without partaking, lunge hungrily at pieces of focaccia?when included as part of the?breadbasket fare.? Perhaps it&#8217;s the delicious unctuousness of the surface craters?filled with fragrant rosemary oil.? 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