Recipe: Perfect Grandma's focaccia

Grandma's focaccia. No one else in my family could make focaccia like Grandma did, and when she passed away we thought she took the recipe with her. Then one day I found it in an old recipe box and gave it a try. Bread is an art form in Sardinia, mostly made by women.

Warm from the oven, it tastes amazing! Nope, I figured focaccia meant, "fingers." Since the signature characteristic of the bread is the deeply dimpled surface, and those holes are created using well-oiled fingers, it made perfect sense. The word fugazza is an Argentinian derivation of the word focaccia, thanks to the significant Italian influence on Argentinian cuisine. You can have Grandma's focaccia using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Grandma's focaccia

1. You need of plain flour.
2. You need of fine semolina.
3. Prepare of warm water.
4. Prepare of salt.
5. You need of sugar.
6. Prepare of potato mashed (150g).
7. You need of fresh yeast or 7 g dried yeast.
8. You need of Extra virgin olive oil.
9. You need of Green olives (to taste).
10. It's of fresh plum tomato.
11. Prepare of Origano.

But like its name, fugazza is a uniquely Argentinian dish. Look at the crumb in this bread. Homemade Focaccia Thermomix instructions for this recipe are included as well as how to make it sans Thermomix. We only recommend products and services we wholeheartedly endorse.

Grandma's focaccia step by step

1. Cook and mash the potato and leave it to cool. Once cooled down, start working on the activation of the yeast. Mix the yeast in a little bit of water with some sugar. When the yeast is active add it to the flour, semolina, potato and 250 ml of water in a large bowl. Once all the ingredients are mixed, add the salt. Once combined and you have produced a nice dough, add two spoons of olive oil and keep working the dough..
2. At this point you should get a very elastic and hydrated dough. Split the mix in two and put it on two different oven trays which have been brushed with two spoons of olive oil each. Leave them to rise in a warm place for 2 hours..
3. After 2 hours flip the dough into 2 round focaccia trays which have been brushed with another two spoons of oil (I did not have them so I used square aluminium trays, they work fine also)..
4. With your finger push down being careful not to push the air out of the dough..
5. Break the tomatoes on the top of the focaccia and pus them on the top of the focaccia, add olives, 4 spoons of olive oil, salt and origano. Cook on a preheated oven at 250 degrees for about 25-30 mins..
6. The result will be sensational. Just make sure you use great quality ingredients, especially the olive oil..

This post may contain special links through which we earn a small. This recipe for grandma's chicken soup from scratch is from our treasured family recipes. My Grandma's Homemade Chicken Soup is Comfort Food The vegetables Sprinkle focaccia with flaky salt. This No Knead Focaccia recipe is so easy. Mix it up in a bowl with a spoon This Easy No Knead Focaccia Bread is different though.