Tomato foccacia
Foccacia is an open-textured Italian bread. The French sometimes refer to it as the Italian fougasse. This version is made with preserved tomatoes, green olives and parmesan.
50,6034.4/5 for 16 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: October 24th 2017
For 5 foccacias, you will need:
- 1
900 g flour - 2
125 g instant mashed-potato powder - 3
700 ml water - 4
18 g salt - 5
25 g yeast - 6
200 g Soured dough (optional) - 7
75 g olive oil - 8
400 g green olives - 9
400 g Preserved tomatoes - 10
200 g Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan) - 11
10 g herbes de Provence - Total weight: 3,053 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: A few days.
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 min. | 2 hours 15 min. | 1 hour 55 min. | 4 hours 53 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Roughly chop 400 g green olives.
Stage 2 - 7 min.
Cut 400 g Preserved tomatoes into small pieces and add to the olives.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Cut 200 g Parmigiano reggiano (Parmesan) into small dice and tip in with the tomatoes, scatter the herbes de Provence over and mix well.
Stage 4
In bread-making, the water temperature is always important. It's not a fixed value, but related to 3 other temperatures: 1) the temperature of your flour, 2) the room temperature in your kitchen, and 3) the basic temperature of this recipe, which is 52-56°C.
You can calculate the temperature of the water for this recipe in one click, using this small calculator.
You can calculate the temperature of the water for this recipe in one click, using this small calculator.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Put into a food mixer bowl: 900 g flour, 125 g instant mashed-potato powder, 700 ml water, 18 g salt, 25 g yeast and 200 g Soured dough.
Knead on slow speed for 10 minutes.
Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
Knead on slow speed for 10 minutes.
Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Towards the end of kneading, trickle in 75 g olive oil.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Finish by tipping in the olives, tomatoes and parmesan. Knead again just until these are mixed in.
Stage 8 - 1 hour 30 min.
Gather the dough into a ball, transfer to a large bowl, cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.
Stage 9 - 15 min.
After this, weigh out 700g chunks and shape into balls.
Cover the dough with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 15 minutes.
Cover the dough with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 15 minutes.
Stage 10 - 5 min.
Flatten the dough out by hand to expel the gas...
Stage 11
...then reshape into balls.
Put into bread rising baskets (bannetons).
Put into bread rising baskets (bannetons).
Stage 12 - 2 hours
Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 2 hours.
Stage 13 - 5 min.
Stage 14 - 25 min.
And bake for about 25 minutes.
Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..
Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..
Remarks
For the olive oil, you can use the oil from the tomatoes; the flavour will be even better.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 7,102 Kcal or 29,735 Kj | 199 gr | 892 gr | 304 gr |
| 355 % | 77 % | 84 % | 46 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 233 Kcal or 976 Kj | 7 gr | 29 gr | 10 gr |
| 12 % | 3 % | 3 % | 2 % |
| Per foccacias | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,420 Kcal or 5,945 Kj | 40 gr | 178 gr | 61 gr |
| 71 % | 15 % | 17 % | 9 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 5 foccacias : 17.36 €
- Per foccacias : 3.47 €
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Diamond biscuits, Prune Far, Choux pastry (pâte à choux), Chocolate eclairs, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), ... All |
| Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to rehydrate dried mushrooms, Papadums, Seeded loaf, Poaching syrup, Cretan Bread, ... All |
| Green olives: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Loaf for "les filles'", Olive and pesto bread, Two-olive ciabatta, Cretan Bread, ... All |
 | Preserved tomatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, Sushi, Cretan Bread, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, ... All |
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