Wednesday 16 March 2011

White Soda Focaccia With Cheese and Herbs


This recipe is from Rachel Allen,as you know I have posted  some of her recipes especially baking recipes..This is one of them,I have made little changes to this recipe..Foccacia is a italian flat  oven baked bread flavoured with olives,olive oil and herbs,similar to pizza but not consider to be the same.It is very ideal for breakfast or as snack with tea or coffee..
Ingredients
Olive Oil for greasing and to sprinkle on top
Plain flour-450gms
Bicorbonate of soda-1tsp
Salt-1tsp
Grated cheddar cheese-1/4cup
Buttermilk-400 ml
Black olives,chopped-1tbsp
Sundried tomatoes,chopped-1tbsp
Crystal sea salt -1/2tsp
Garlic,finely chopped-1tbsp
Rosemary-1/2tsp(i used dried one you can use fresh)
Method:

Preheat an oven to 230c.
Brush a swiss roll tin or baking tray generously with olive oil.
Sieve the plain flour and the soda into a big bowl.
Add the salt,1/4cup of grated cheese and mix with your hands.
Make a well in the centre, pour in most of the buttermilk, and with one hand stiff and
your fingers spread out like a claw, start mixing in a full circle once the butter milk has
gone in. Keep mixing like this until you have a soft dough
Do not knead it but work it very gently to bring it together.


Transfer to a floured surface and roll it out and transfer it to the oiled tray.
Brush the top with some more oil and sprinkle the sea salt ,dried herb,olives,garlic and sundried tomatoes.
Put it in the oven and cook for 18-25 mins, depending on how thick it is.
Turn the oven down to 200c after 10 mins.
When cooked, it should feel firm in the centre and become golden brown.
Transfer it to a wire rack and cool for a couple of mins, then cut it into squares and serve..

14 comments:

sonu said...

wow the foccacia looks beautiful and delish !

Suman Singh said...

Focaccia looks perfect..love the flavor of those ingredients in it..yum!

Reva said...

lovely focaccia bread... the ingredients are just so flavouful... It is a heavenly blend...
Reva

Savi-Ruchi said...

this looks very tempting!Sounds simple, bookmarking it.

Treat and Trick said...

Very delicious and healthy bread, great clicks too...

Sum said...

A relatively easy procedure and looks great!

Sushma Mallya said...

Looks perfectly baked:)

Priya Suresh said...

Great looking focaccia, beautifully baked..

Tina said...

looks perfect n yummy.

Vidya Chandrahas said...

Hi Leena, thanks for sharing award..Very tempting focaccia...looks so delicious.

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

wow...one of my fav dish...suuuuuuuuuuuper..
Tasty appetite

v said...

I liked the idea of making foccasia without yeast and the recipes are really interesting.

Dr. Soumya Bhat said...

always wanted to try baking a foccasia.... will try and get back to you

catering in manila said...

The food in those photos looks amazing, I am literally getting hungry right now.

zonia