No-Knead Focaccia

Name: No-Knead Focaccia
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 8 portions
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 500 g · 4 cups bread flour; 400 ml · 1¾ cups lukewarm water; 4 g · 1 tsp instant yeast; 10 g · 2 tsp fine salt; 7 g · 1 tsp honey; 80 ml · ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil; 3 g · 2 sprigs fresh rosemary; 150 g · 10 tomatoes cherry tomatoes, optional topping; 3 g · ½ tsp flaky sea salt

🍽 Serves 8⏱ Prep 15 min🔥 Cook 25 min⏳ Rest 720 min🌍 Italian

A high-hydration, no-knead focaccia, cold-fermented and baked golden with olive oil, rosemary and flaky salt.

📍 Liguria · Italy

The story of the dish

Focaccia goes back to the Etruscans and ancient Romans (panis focacius, bread baked on the hearth); Genoa is its most famous home.

The name: From the Latin focus, 'hearth'.

Ingredients

Ingredient	EUg · ml	UScups · spoons
bread flour	≈ 500 g	≈ 4 cups
lukewarm water	≈ 400 ml	≈ 1¾ cups
instant yeast	≈ 4 g	≈ 1 tsp
fine salt	≈ 10 g	≈ 2 tsp
honey	≈ 7 g	≈ 1 tsp
extra virgin olive oil	≈ 80 ml	≈ ¼ cup
fresh rosemary	≈ 3 g	≈ 2 sprigs
cherry tomatoes optional topping	≈ 150 g	≈ 10 tomatoes
flaky sea salt	≈ 3 g	≈ ½ tsp

≈ amount suggested from similar recipes

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Also used: 23x33 cm baking tray · large bowl

Method

Mix flour, water, yeast, honey and salt with a spoon until no dry flour remains.
Coat with a little oil, cover and refrigerate 12 to 24 hours.
Pour plenty of oil in a 23x33 cm tray and stretch the dough in; rise 2 hours at room temperature.
Drizzle oil on top and dimple deeply with oiled fingers.
Add rosemary, tomatoes and flaky salt.
Bake at 230°C (445°F) for 22 to 25 minutes until deep golden.

🌡️ 230°C (445°F) oven

👨‍🍳 Chef’s tips

Be generous with oil in the tray: it fries the bottom crisp.

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Nutrition per portion estimate · 1 of 8

300kcal

8 gprotein

46 gcarbs

10 gfat

Allergens

Gluten

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