Italian Pan Bread aka Focaccia
I make this bread frequently at Wendel's (www.wendelsonline.com). It really is a great bread. Everyone calls it Focaccia bread but really it isn't. I adapted it from a recipe I used as the Baker at Langley Earls. Hope you like it.
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READY IN: 1hr
YIELD: 1 large loaf
UNITS: US
INGREDIENTS
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- 5cups all-purpose flour
- 4cups gluten flour
- 1⁄2
- 1⁄4cup sun-dried tomato
- 2tablespoons instant yeast
- 1tablespoon sugar
- 1tablespoon salt
Wet
- 4cups water
- 4teaspoons olive oil
Baking Sheet
- 2teaspoons cornmeal
- nonstick cooking spray
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DIRECTIONS
- Add all dry ingredients to a mixer bowl or to a food processor with bread attachment in place.
- Mix dry ingredients on low speed for about two minutes.
- Measure out warm water and oil into a bowl or measuring cup and at both to the dry as it mixes for another two minutes on low speed.
- After two minutes increase your mixers speed to medium for another six minutes.
- Dust counter top with flour, on the counter form dough in to a ball and let it proof covered for about 10 minutes.
- Spray the edges of your baking sheet, place baking paper on surface without allow any wrinkles, and sprinkle evenly with corn meal.
- After the dough has proofed for ten minutes spank it flat to force out any air bubbles.
- Place dough on baking sheet and roll out until it is about an inch thick or until it is an inch from all sides of the sheet.
- Poke the surface of the dough with your finger creating little craters.
- Brush with olive oil and place in the oven at the lowest setting along with a bowl of water.
- Let dough rest and rise for twenty minutes.
- Turn oven up to 400 degrees.
- Bake bread for about twenty minutes.
- You can test for doneness by measuring the internal temperature.
- Once it reaches about 190 degrees it is done.
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