Sophie's Focaccia
Focaccia, the Italian bread of choice with pasta, or salad, or just by itself. Never has it been easier to whip up a batch! Thanks Sophie.
I do love a good chunk of focaccia and when you see in the video how Sophie serves it with a cheese like slab of butter, you will know that I met my match on this shoot for the Insider Club.
We had a load of fun, Sophie is so easy going and full of great stories as well as recipes! So get watching and cooking. You will not regret it! YUM. All the way.
Need
- 520 Grams lukewarm water
- 3 Teaspoons dry yeast
- 650 Grams bakers or strong flour
- 1 Tablespoon pink salt flakes plus extra for on top BUY
- 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) plus extra for on top BUY
- fresh rosemary
Do
- 1
Place water, yeast, flour, salt and EVOO into the Thermomix bowl. Combine 10 sec/speed 6. Knead 1 min/Interval.
- 2
Tip out into a large oiled bowl. Cover and let rise. It is meant to be a sticky dough.
- 3
Drizzle some EVOO on a baking tray and sprinkle flour on top. Tip dough on to tray and sprinkle with flour. Push dough out to roughly 1" thick. Cover with a dry tee towel and let rise again.
- 4
Preheat oven to 200.
- 5
Drizzle with EVOO and gently rub it over the dough. Scatter rosemary leaves and salt on top.
- 6
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the middle sounds hollow when tapped.
Sophie is originally from Cornwall in the UK and has made Perth her home where she is the chef and owner of Taste Budds Cooking Studio.
She has worked for both Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein. And cooked alongside Gennaro Contaldo and Antonio Carluccio. Catered backstage for Adele, Fleetwood Mac, Sting and Paul Simon. Working for Jamie inspired her to open her own cooking school and now she runs classes, team building events and catering.
She loves sharing recipes and ideas and teaching people to cook simple, nutritious meals for themselves and their families.
