Hello everyone, Happy Easter to everyone hope you had a good time with your loved ones or friends. Easter for me means eating a lot of chocolate (because you are receiving it from everyone), good food and big family gathering. The celebration begins from the early morning to late night and let me tell you the oven never stops from working that day. 🙂
I am sorry I didn’t post any new recipe the past week but me and my husband went on holiday in Malta and we really enjoyed the time there (the weather especially) and since we are good foodies, we managed to find the best local restaurants where to eat the Maltese traditional food, the best Italian ice-cream and of course a good Neapolitan pizza. When we came back home we didn’t have a lot of food in the kitchen so my husband came up with the idea of making a focaccia bread recipe. You only need few basic ingredients and relax. The results were amazing, as it came soft, thick and the aroma in the kitchen is amazing. Plus, you can cut it in the middle and fill with whatever ingredients you love. This focaccia bread recipe is definitely a must try recipe, you won’t regret trying.
You will need for this recipe:
400 gr of strong white flour
1 teaspoon of dried yeast
1 teaspoon of sugar
3 teaspoon of salt
A pinch of Hymalyan salt coarse
3 small red cherry tomatoes
3 small yellow cherry tomatoes
Extra Virgin Olive oil
The preparation:
First of all, on a small deep bowl add 250 ml of lukewarm water, the yeast and sugar, mix all together and let to rest for about 15 minutes or until it forms a foam.
On a separate big bowl, add the flour, the water with the yeast, 1 teaspoon of olive oil and mix together (you can use your kitchen robot or your hands to knead) when you have a soft homogeneous mixture, add 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt and continue kneading for about 5 minutes or until you have a smooth and soft dough. After that place it in a glass bowl, cover with a cling film and leave to prove for about 1 hour until doubled in size.
After that take the dough out of the bowl and oil the tray when (you are going later to cook it) and place the mixture in it by flattening and make some rough dips and wells with your fingers, then sprinkle some water, oil and a pinch of coarse salt, cover with cling film and leave to prove for another 45 minutes.
Preheat the oven at gas mark 5/200c. Once the dough has risen cut the cherry tomatoes into halves and place them in the dough by gently pushing them in it.
Then add some rosemary, salt and bake for about 25-30 minutes until lightly brown and soft in the middle. Once cooked let to rest 15 minutes before consuming. If you can resist! 🙂
I really hope you will find this amazing recipe interesting, as I love it as it is perfect to cook on Saturdays afternoons without any rush while listening some good music and drinking some good wine. The cherry tomatoes, rosemary and the coarse salt complement perfectly with the focaccia texture and will make the meal perfect. Please let me know your how it goes if you try it!
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Omg! That looks amazing! I’ll be giving this a try x
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Aww thank you so much Sherry’s Scribbles for the nice words. I am so happy you want to try this recipe, (yeahhh) please let me know how it goes.
Have a nice week ahead,
Alice
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Omg! That looks amazing,mill be giving this a try! X
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good … very easy to do and fast, especially when we forget to buy bread!!
P.S: sorry for my english
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Thank you so much for the very nice words mami. I am really happy you like the recipe. Hope you will give this recipe a go. 🙂
Best wishes,
Alice
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This recipe is really good tip! Bye. K
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Thank you so much Kamila for the lovely comment. Please do give it a go I am sure you will love the results.
Best wishes,
Alice
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Focaccia is so delicious and the cherry tomatoes make a clever and beautiful topping.
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Aww thank you so much lovely fromthefamilytable for the nice comment. I love the cherry tomatoes and rosemary together. I love it cutting in the middle and adding some cheese and rucola. It is delicious.
Have a nice week ahead,
Alice
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This looks absolutely delicious. I’d love a little more time in my life to make bread properly but trying to time the resting, kneading and proving with my two little ones is a real challenge. Still I aspire to try something like this if I ever get s couple of free hours at a weekend.
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Lol, thank you so much for the kind feedback, I am really happy you like this recipe. I completely understand it is very difficult to find some spare time with two little children but I think they will love the focaccia if they try it, or you can involve them in putting the tomatoes on the top. 🙂
Thank you so much again,
Alice
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Gotta love focaccia! I made some for my Romeo and Juliet menu a couple months ago and fell in love with it. It’s now my go-to bread recipe. So much flavor! 🙂
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Thank you so much for the lovely words and I completely agree with you, it is one of the best bread recipe. I am sure your customers love it,too.
Have a nice week ahead,
Alice
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Flavorful and Elegant.
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Thank you so much for the lovely words, I am really happy you find this recipe interesting. Please do give it a go, I would love to hear from you the results!
Best wishes,
Alice
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You always turn food into art, so for this my eyes thank you
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Thank very much to you Renee Lalane for being so kind. I feel deeply grateful and honored to have this amazing feedback from a fellow blogger. I had a look at your blog and your food is wonderful,too. Keep the amazing work up.
Best wishes,
Alice
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Interesting idea. I love focaccia bread.
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Thank you so much for the nice comment Fiver Feeds. I hope you will give this recipe a go, I am sure you will love the results.
Best wishes,
Alice
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I love focaccia, and this version with cherry tomatoes in it looks divine! Can’t wait to try!
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Thank you so much Whisked Away for the kind comment, I am so happy you like this recipe. Please do give it a go, I would love to hear the results from you.
Best wishes,
Alice
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Thanks, Alice! I definitely will! xx Jamie
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yum yum yumummmm!
I had a similar recipe a while ago, made with spelt flour & I used cherry multicolored tomatoes from my garden & rosemary too! Here is the yummy link, if you like it: https://sophiesfoodiefiles.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/wholemeal-spelt-foccacia-with-rosemary-2-types-tomatoes-from-my-ga
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Wow really? I will definitely check it! 🙂
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enjoy! 😊
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This is absolutely beautiful! I think this would be the perfect side for one of our weekend grilling dinners 🙂 Bookmarking this recipe & following your blog! 🙂
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Aww thank you so much for the lovely comment. I really appreciate and completely agree with you, focaccia is always perfect for grilling dinners. Hope you will enjoy the results of the recipe.
Ps. I will definitely follow your blog,too.
Best wishes,
Alice
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It’s so beautiful,and I’m sure it’s delicious,too! 🙂 I’m definitely going to try it,but a gluten free version of it,though.
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Aww thank you so much ritavegas for the lovely words. I am very happy you like and want to try the recipe. Please let me know how it goes.
Best wishes,
Alice
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I love bread making! So relaxing and I ll give focaccia a go…
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Thank you so much TAMK for the kind words. Please do let me know the results, if you make it. Fingers crossed.
Best wishes,
Alice
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[…] done in decades past.Truth is,the only thing that requires is patience. I found this exceptional recipe and it got me inspired. I haven’t eaten focaccia for a long time and I was very excited I […]
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Love the photos, they all look great. Keep up the fantastic job
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Thank you so much Chris for the lovely words and comments. I am very sorry for the late reply.
Best wishes,
Alice
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