i made focaccia!
recently i got a hankering for making some focaccia bread. i used to eat pounds and pounds of it at my first job at a family owned pizza joint. i've always wanted to bake stuff but could never commit to buying all the tools i need for most recipes. i also just don't have the room for another small appliance. so instead i searched for a like barebones no extra tools needed recipe and i found one here.
it was super easy and my god it came out delicious. i have never made such an incredible food item before in my life. i would make it every day if i could. i 100% recommend you try it even if you've never baked before.
here it is all mixed up and ready to proof. i used no special tools, just a wooden spoon to mix it up. it took probably 10 mins at the most for this first step.
this is about 8 hours later when i had to move it to a bigger container since it had risen so much in such a short time. i ended up using a dutch oven since the glass bowl i used was the biggest one i had.
the next day i got to do the step i was the most looking forward to which was the dimpling. hehe. i got to smoosh my fingers into it. i was worried about loosing all the air bubbles so i was a little cautious about this part but after the bread was done i realized i could have been a little more aggressive and it would have been fine. i didn't have a big enough pan to bake it in so i split it into two. i read that glass and metal pans bake bread differently so it was a good chance to see the difference if any.
the final product! so crispy and salty and chewy and delicious.
look at that cross section. i couldn't have guessed how easy this process was and that i would do it successfully on the first try. i have eaten the smaller loaf already and wrapped the bigger one and put it in the freezer for later but i'll probably end up eating that soon too. lol.
