No Knead Roasted Garlic Focaccia
No-knead focaccia bread flavoured with roasted garlic and rosemary. A must-try bread if you are looking for fuss-free, easy, no-knead bread. You can also add olives, sundried tomato and other toppings to it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup water luke warm
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 teaspoon Instant dry yeast
- 1.5 Tablespoon Olive Oil (more to drizzle on top)
- 2 teaspoon garlic
- 2 sprig rosemary more for topping
- sea salt
Instructions
- Grease a 9-inch pan generously with oil.
- Warm 1.5 tablespoon olive oil and add chopped garlic. Let it cook for some seconds until the garlic is golden brown in colour and is aromatic.
- If you are using active dry yeast, proof the yeast in 1/4 cup lukewarm water(out of total 3/4 cup water), sugar and yeast. Let it stand for 10 mins to let the yeast bloom.
- Mix everything except the toppings in a big mixing bowl. Beat 20 times using a wooden spoon.
- Transfer dough to the greased pan.With greased hands push the dough to the edges. Cover the pan and let it rise for 1 - 1.5 hours. The dough might not double but it should look puffy.
- Towards the end of the rise period pre-heat oven 190 degree celsius.
- Make dimples with greased fingers. Drizzle rest 1.5 tbsp oil on top. Sprinkle sea salt and few sprigs of rosemary. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- The top would look light golden brown in colour and the bottom should sound whole when tapped. ( It should read between 200-210F on an instant thermometer)
- Serve warm with some soup or stew.