Olive and Rosemary Focaccia -Italian flat bread topped with herbs, olives, sundried tomatos and pickled jalapenos

Focaccia is a very popular and Traditional Italian flat bread.It is seasoned with simple and flavorful Italian herbs and olive oil.

It can be easily baked fresh at home.You can add any topping and seasoning of your choice and make different versions by adding sun dried tomato, pickled jalapenos, Sliced olives,Rosemary ,basil ,Thyme or cheese or make it simple by adding any single herb of your choice.

This Focaccia is crisp and flavorful from the outside and very soft inside,very much similar to pizza.

I have added fresh rosemary,olives, jalapenos and sun dried tomatoes for the topping and it turn out so delicious and soft.you don’t need any accompaniment to serve with this bread

How to make Olive and Rosemary Focaccia

Focaccia- Italian flat bread topped with herbs, olives, sundried tomatos and pickled jalapenos

Prep Time20

Cook Time25

Total Time45

Course: dinner, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: bread, eggless baking, Focaccia

Servings: loafs

Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

500 gms Refined flour /maida
1/2 cup Olive Oil / Zeitoun Ka Tel
1.2 tbsp Active dry yeast
To Taste Salt / Namak
1 tbsp Sugar / Chini
1 tsp Black pepper/kali mirch powder crushed
1.5 tbsp Fresh rosemary
2 tbsp Black Olives / Kaale Zeitoun sliced
3 tbsp Sun dried tomatoes
3 tbsp Pickled jalapeno sliced
1/2 tsp Chili flakes /Kuti hui laal mirch
1 tbsp Basil leaves

Instructions

Take olive oil in a bowl and add 1/2 tsp rosemary,basil, pinch of salt and crushed chili flakes (A)
Mix it and cover and keep aside so oil will absorb all the flavours.*
In a bowl add 1.5 cup luke warm water and add sugar and yeast.
Mix and cover for 10 minutes or till it start frothing.
In a big bowl add the flour,salt and 1/4 cup olive oil (A)
Rub the flour with your hands to mix all.
Now add the yeast mixture in flour and mix.
You can add some more water to make a soft dough.
Now gently knead the dough for about 5-8 minutes till it become soft and smooth
Cover the dough with a cling wrap and let it rise for about 1 hour till it become double in size.
Punch the dough and knead for 1 minute.
Spread the dough in a baking sheet and spread it all over .
The thickness of the dough should be like pizza base.
Now spread 2 tbsp olive oil (A) over the base .
Press and poke the dough with your fingers to make dimples all over it.
Cover with a cling film and rest for 25 minutes so it will rise again.
Now press rosemary, sun dried tomatoes, olives and jalapeno all over the surface .
Now again poke the bread all over with your fingers.
Sprinkle some rock salt and pepper over it.
Cover again and rest for 10 minutes.
Preheat your oven at 200 C temperature.
Put the baking tray in the middle rack and bake for about 20 minutes at 200 degree temperature.(with both rods on)
Remove when done ,cut into slices and serve hot.

Comments

anjanaskc says

2014-09-04 at

@Anonymous-yes you can make pizza with the dough,just make it rise once
Anonymous says

2014-09-04 at

In this way I can make pizza?
Shailaja R says

2014-05-23 at

Looks perfect & tempting.
Shweta Agrawal says

2014-05-20 at

oh wow i can have this all:)
Perfectly done
Priya Suresh says

2014-05-20 at

Foccacia looks simply stuning, love those toppings.
anjanaskc says

2014-05-20 at

@Benaifer-I have posted the recipes of chana daal,masoor daal and turai in my blog ,please check the recipe index
Benaifar says

2014-05-19 at

Thanks for sharing your recipes. They are lovely and I get to experience different ways of cooking.
Would you have any simple recipes for the following vegetables and pulses:
1) french beans
2) turia (Luffa squash)
3) Masoor dal
4) Chana dal

Thanks!
Linsy Patel says

2014-05-19 at

wow, Anjanaji, this looks so perfect.
nandoos Kitchen says

2014-05-19 at

looks soo yumm..
Beena.stephy says

2014-05-18 at

Wow tempting Eggless bread.love it