Day: July 27, 2024

Garden Focaccia Equipment Stand mixer with a dough hook Ingredients 16 ounces warm water (110ºF) divided into two bowls 2 cups 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar 7 grams active dry yeast (2 ½ teaspoons) 2 ounces olive oil ¼ cup 1 teaspoon salt 1 Tablespoon flakey salt 24 ounces bread flour or all-purpose flour (5 cups spooned and leveled) 4 ounces olive oil for the pan and for drizzling on top of the focaccia after rising (½ […]

Focaccia Bread Art: Flower Garden Turn homemade bread into a piece of tasty artwork! It’s actually really easy to turn focaccia bread into a beautiful, edible gardenscape. And it’s the perfect way to celebrate spring’s arrival! This baking project is great for kids. Provide them with a variety of cut veggies and herbs and let […]

Decorative vegetables. These breads look like beautifully decorated flatbreads, likely inspired by a garden focaccia design. Here’s how you can make a similar bread with decorative vegetables. Ingredients Dough 500g bread flour 10g salt 10g sugar 7g instant yeast 325ml warm water 60ml olive oil Toppings Assorted vegetables (e.g., green beans, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, […]

Focaccia Bread Art What toppings are best for focaccia bread art? These are the types of ingredients you can use to decorate your bread art. Get creative with what you have! Red onions – thinly sliced to look like flowers Mini bell Peppers – sliced vertically (so they stay round) to look like small flowers […]

French Onion Meatballs To get started, I prepare my beef meatballs, and brown them in a heavy-bottom, oven-safe skillet until deeply browned and mostly cooked through. Next, I prepare my French onion sauce, and then gently place my meatballs into the sauce and top with lots mozzarella and Gruyere cheese. Then, I broil the cheese-topped […]

Cheese and Garlic Sourdough Bread I’m on a real sourdough baking craze lately, Sally, my sourdough starter was woken up from her lazy festive slumber a few weeks ago, and a freshly baked sourdough loaf has graced our table at least twice a week. Following on from my last (and very successful) recipe for Cheese, Fennel […]