Focaccia with three flavors
This delicious focaccia incorporates three different toppings. That makes it perfect for a dinner party as you can easily use your own favorite toppings!
Ingredients
- 400 gr hard white flour type 00, plus extra for dusting
- 100 gr semolina flour
- 7 gr dried active yeast 1 package
- 1/2 tbsp light brown sugar
- olive oil
- extra virgin olive oil
Balsamico topping
- 2 red onions in thin rings
- fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tbsp oliveoil
- 6 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Cherry tomatoes and basil topping
- Fresh basil leaves picked
- handfull of ripe cherry tomatoes halved
- extra virgin olive oil
- white wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic in thin slices
3 cheese topping
- 30 gr taleggio cheese
- 2 slices goat cheese the soft kind
- handful of parmezan cheese
- leaves fresh rosemary
Instructions
- Put both flourtypes and 1/2 tbsp of seasalt in a large bowl and make a hole in the middle. Mix the yeast and sugar with a fork with 300 ml of lukewarm water. Leave for about 2-3 minutes and once it begins to foam a little, pour slowly into the hole while mixing with a fork.
- As soon as the ingredients are mixed, knead the dough for about 5 minutes until you have a smooth and bouncy dough. Grease a large bowl with some olive oil and put the dough in the middle. Dust with a little flour, cover with a tea towel and leave for about 30 minutes in a warm spot to rise and double in volume. In the meantime heat the oven to 220˚C/ 428˚F and make the toppings.
- For the balsamico dressing, fry the onions and the thyme on a medium to low heat for about 5 minutes in the olive oil. Add the balsamic vinegar and leave it to thicken for about 2 minutes and leave to cool.
- For the basil-tomato topping; chop the basil coarsely and add in a bowl with the cherry tomatoes. Season with salt, pepper, a little bit of white wine vinegar and some extra virgin olive oil. Add the garlic and mix everything together.
- Beat the dough back once it has risen and put it on a baking tray and press it on the tray until it is fully covered. Press into the top of the dough so you get little holes and dents.
- Divide the onion- and the cherry tomato topping over 2/3 of the bread. For the three cheese topping break the taleggio and goat cheese over the uncovered part of the bread. Sprinkle the parmesan and rosemary over the top and add pepper. Sprinkle some olive oil over the entire bread and add a little sea salt. Leave to rise for another 20 minutes and then put in the oven for 20 minutes until the top is golden brown and the inside is soft.