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Potato-Rosemary Focaccia Pugliese

WBB 6- Twist in the plate **Update!

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g plain flour
  • 7 g yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tsps salt
  • 300 ml water
  • 2 tbsps olive oil and some more
  • 1 tsp rosemary dried * and some more to sprinkle on the top
  • 3 potatoes small , thinly sliced

Instructions
 

  • Yeast: Take some just-warm water - around 100F, mix in the yeast and the sugar. Stir and let it stay in a warm place until it gets frothy at the top.
  • Kneading:In a large bowl, take the flour, salt, crushed dried rosemary. Mix the ingredients together. Make a well in the center. Add the yeast mixture and the water. Bring it together adding 2 tbsp of olive oil into a smooth dough.
  • Rising: You can either do it outside in a well oiled bowl, kept covered for an hour or overnight in the refrigerator. The dough should come to double its original size.
  • Knock back and mould: After the dough has risen to double its size, punch it down. Knead well till smooth. On a large baking sheet, spread a non-stick foil and spread the dough with your hands till about 3/4 of an inch thick.Before sending it into the oven
  • Before sending it into the oven
  • Decorating and proving : Drizzle some olive oil and poke holes all of the spread dough. Stick in the potato slices, sprikle some more herbs and let it rise for an hour.
  • Baking: Preheat the oven to 210 C. After the dough has risen, sprinkle some sea salt on the dough. Bake it for around 30 minutes, until the top is golden, potatoes are cooked and the bottom when tapped gives a hollow sound.

Notes

Cool thoroughly on a wire rack. Pack in cling film and gift away. Or you can always make chunky slices, dip it in your favourite soup and eat away. If you don't have a rosemary candle, bake this bread and you wont miss the aromatic candles. If you live in the colder climes, this is a perfect autumn baking project.
In India, Fabindia sells some excellent Blue Mountain Rosemary.
This is my long pending entry for Weekend Herb Blogging of Kalyn's Kitchen hosted this time by Fiber of 28 cooks.
Tags: Homemade gifts, bread, baking, yeast, focaccia, Italian bread, rosemary, WHB