Overnight Focaccia
- This recipe requires no effort and no skill, just patience and desire to eat a really yummy Italian focaccia!
- If you’re feeling creative, you can decorate your focaccia with some vegetables & herbs, or just sprinkle it with salt and olive oil and enjoy on its own!
- A fantastic addition to stews, soups or for making tasty sandwiches.
- You can cut it and freeze it to enjoy at a later date 🙂
Plain White Flour, Organic 1kg (Marriages)
500g Plain White Flour (or type 0)
Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Litre (Attis)
6tbsp Olive Oil (or more!)
Sea Salt Coarse 1kg (Sussex Wholefoods)
1tsp Salt + more for sprinkling
Instant Dried Yeast 250g (Sussex Wholefoods)
4g Dried Yeast
Other Ingredients
- 380ml water
Method
- Mix flour, water, yeast and salt in a bowl until roughly combined.
- Remove the dough momentarily and add 4tbsp olive oil to the bowl. Place the dough back in the bowl and by turning it around in a bowl, cover it with the olive oil.
- Cover with some clingfilm or a lid and place in the fridge for 8-24h.
- Layer a big baking tray with baking paper and cover with some olive oil.
- Place your focaccia dough on the baking tray and gently spread and stretch using your fingers. Cover with a cloth and leave for 1.5-2 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 230°.
- If you’re feeling creative, you can decorate your focaccia with some vegetables, herbs and spices!
- Pour more olive oil (around 2tbsp) on top of your focaccia, add a generous sprinkle of salt and place in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, cool and enjoy!