Breads & bakes

Focaccia

Oven
220 °C220 °C (425 °F)

Ingredients

  • 500 g strong white bread flour1 lb strong white bread flour
  • 500 g durum wheat flour (semola rimacinata) (The page notes '(semolina flour)' beside the title; use finely milled durum semolina.)1 lb durum wheat flour (semola rimacinata) (The page notes '(semolina flour)' beside the title; use finely milled durum semolina.)
  • 2 tbsp dried yeast
  • 30 g salt1 oz salt
  • 30 g honey1 oz honey
  • 110 g butter, melted4 oz butter, melted
  • 665 ml milk, lukewarm2¾ cups milk, lukewarm

Method

  1. Warm the milk until lukewarm and stir in the honey and yeast. Mix the flour, durum flour and salt in a bowl, pour in the milk mixture and the melted butter, and knead to a soft, stretchy dough.
  2. Leave to rise for 60 minutes.
  3. Tip the dough onto a greased baking tray and press it out with your fingers.
  4. Leave to rise for about 1 hour. Heat the oven to 220°C.Leave to rise for about 1 hour. Heat the oven to 425 °F.
  5. Bake at 220°C for about 25 minutes, until golden.Bake at 425 °F for about 25 minutes, until golden.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Focacciabrauð.
(semolíuhveiti)
500 gr. hveiti - 500 gr. Durummjöl 2 msk. ger - 30 gr. salt - 30 gr. hunang 110 gr. br. smjör 665 ml. mjólk
+ hunang sett útí Hefast í 60 min. Sett á plötu, hefast í ca 1 klst. 220°c. í ca. 25 min.