French Focaccia Bread

Step 1

Add all ingredients except 1 cup of the flour to the bowl. Using the dough hook on your electric mixer, mix together well and allow to run on low speed for about 10 minutes. The dough will be loose and sticky but don't worry about that, just allow it to rise in a warm spot for a couple of hours or more before turning it out into a bread board and kneading in the other 1 cup of flour by hand. You may have to use a little more or a little less flour depending factors like local humidity.

Step 2

Divide into two portions and roll out into about 10 inch rounds. Push the tomatoes and olives into the dough

Step 3

Brush the entire surface of the dough with garlic olive oil (Garlic Olive Oil recipe here) then sprinkle the sea salt, pepper, rosemary and parmesan over the entire loaf.

Step 4

Allow the dough to rise on a parchment or silicone lined baking sheet until doubled in size. Bake in a very hot oven fromn 425 - 450 degrees for about a half hour or until evenly golden brown.