Focaccia with Tomatoes
For pasta
500 g Italian “00” flour or all-purpose flour
25 g fresh yeast
250 ml milk
10 ml extra virgin olive oil
10 g salt
For the dressing
2 onion
4 salted anchovy
300 g canned tomato
20 black olive
4 Cloves of garlic
6 Leaves of basil
oregano
extra virgin olive oil
salt
Prepare the dough with the flour, yeast, milk, a tablespoon of oil and salt, leaving it to rise for at least 2 hours, covered with a dish towel.
Meanwhile, brown in the oil the onion, chopped, then add the anchovies desalinated and broken up, the peeled, seeded tomatoes drained of their juice and roughly chopped, the basil torn into small pieces and salt to taste.
Cook for about 15 minutes. Spread out the dough, in an oiled oven pan,Ā 1.2 inchesĀ high.
Add on top the olives pitted and cut in half, the whole cloves of garlic with their skin, the pre-prepared sauce and the oregano.
Bake, over medium heat at 350Ā°F for about 30 minutes.
Serve hot.
Chef’s Tips
The quantities to prepare the dough here indicated could slightly vary according to type of flour you will use.
So keep some extra flour and water aside, in order to add them to the dough when necessary to gain the right consistency, which is a smooth and elastic dough, easy to clean off the hands and the working table.
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