Recipe No.6 - Focaccia

The smell of bread proving and cooking are two smells that I really like, probably because it means that soon i'll be eating some homemade fresh bread warm from the oven.

Being a bread novice I was a bit nervous about this recipe as I remember the confusion on GBBO amongst some of the contestants because of the dough. There is so much water in this recipe that for the first 10 minutes of kneading it is pretty much a soggy slop, once you turn it out of the bowl and onto the oiled surface it comes together better. If you decide to make this don't oil your work surface or board, I lined mine  with clingfilm and taped the edges down. Once your finished just screw the whole lot up and throw it in the bin - clean surfaces!!

From there on its pretty much the same as normal bread recipes.

...Before...

...After.

This came out with a lovely texture, again as I've done before I halved the recipe. although its hard to get perspective from the photographs this would probably be enough to serve 4 for dinner as an accompaniment to some zesty tomato and chicken pasta with about 1/4 left over as odds and ends for the birds. The only thing that brings this down is I think I was a bit over zealous with the sea salt shaker on the crust of the loaf before cooking.

Give this a go around your daily chores as it only takes about 25 minutes in total ignoring the proving times. Happy Baking!