Home made Focaccia bread, made with Homegrown edible flowers, lavender Blackcurrant & Garlic.
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Get Creative
An opportunity to get creative! A plain Focaccia bread treated like a blank canvas, can not only be delicious but beautiful too. Half the fun was picking the ingredients from the Garden and creating my own little edible masterpiece.
The Easy Bread
Focaccia in my opinion is one of the easiest breads to make, and most satisfying, I get much enjoyment from prodding the dough with my fingers for those tell-tale dimples! Focaccia has a crisp outside and soft centre, perfect served alongside soups, stews and pasta. Or just cut into squares and eat as a main ( I do that a lot!)
Focaccia Origins
Derived from the Roman words “panis focacius.” meaning fireplace bread or center bread, describes how the Flat bread was originally made, over the ashes and hot stones of a fireplace. It is believed that Early Etruscans of North Central Italy in the days before the Roman Empire, were actually the first to serve their version of Focaccia bread at the beginning of the first millennium…we are talking thousands of years ago! An historic bread that still maintains its charm to this day
How to make Floral Focaccia Bread
(As always the full detailed recipe and video can be found at the end of the post on the recipe card)
Ingredients
For the Dough
- Warm water
- Quick action yeast
- Plain flour
- Honey
- Sea salt
- Olive oil
Rosemary and Garlic Oil
- Fresh Rosemary
- Minced Garlic Cloves
- Olive oil
- Cracked Black pepper
For topping/edible flowers
- Nasturtiums
- Calendula
- Cornflowers
- Chamomile
- Blackcurrants
- Lavender Sprigs
Instructions
- First make the Rosemary & garlic oil.
- Add the Rosemary, Minced garlic, black pepper & olive oil to a pan, Cook on a low heat for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, set aside
- Make the Dough-Combine the warm water, yeast & honey in a large bowl, stir a few times then let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Now add half the flour & the 4 tbsp of olive oil to the bowl, stir all the ingredients together until the flour has moistened, leave to rest for 5 minutes.
- Add the remaining flour & salt to the bowl. mix together until a dough forms.
- Transfer dough to a floured surface. knead 10 15 times until smooth
- Transfer dough to a bowl, cover with a warm damp tea towel, leave to rise for 1 hour.
- After one hour preheat the oven to 200 degrees
- Transfer the dough to a lined baking tray, flatten out and prod the dough with your fingers to create a bumpy surface (see video)
- Drizzle on the Rosemary & garlic oil, decorate with flowers, lavender & blackcurrants
- Bake for 14 minutes or until browned
What You’ll need for this Recipe
Mixing Bowl
Digital Kitchen Scales
Proving Bowl
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Floral Focaccia Bread
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 235 ml Warm water
- 1 x 7g sachet of quick action yeast
- 315 g Plain flour
- 1/2 tsp honey
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 4 tbsp Olive oil
Rosemary and Garlic Oil
- 1 tbsp Fresh Rosemary
- 2 Minced Garlic Cloves
- 100 ml Olive oil
- 1/4 tsp Cracked Black pepper
For topping/edible flowers
- Nasturtiums
- Calendula
- Cornflowers
- Chamomile
- Blackcurrants
- Lavender Sprigs
Instructions
- First make the Rosemary & garlic oil.
- Add the Rosemary, Minced garlic, black pepper & olive oil to a pan, Cook on a low heat for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, set aside
- Make the Dough-Combine the warm water, yeast & honey in a large bowl, stir a few times then let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Now add half the flour & the 4 tbsp of olive oil to the bowl, stir all the ingredients together until the flour has moistened, leave to rest for 5 minutes.
- Add the remaining flour & salt to the bowl. mix together until a dough forms.
- Transfer dough to a floured surface. knead 10 15 times until smooth
- Transfer dough to a bowl, cover with a warm damp tea towel, leave to rise for 1 hour.
- After one hour preheat the oven to 200 degrees
- Transfer the dough to a lined baking tray, flatten out and prod the dough with your fingers to create a bumpy surface (see video)
- Drizzle on the Rosemary & garlic oil, decorate with flowers, lavender & blackcurrants
- Bake for 14 minutes or until browned.
