Herb And Garlic Focaccia

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, minced
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 (1/4 ounce) packet active dry yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• olive oil, for brushing
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• rosemary (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 cook garlic in oil till fragrant.
• 2 add water, yeast, 2 tsp salt.
• 3 add flour 1 cup at a time and stir (you can use a mixer) until all the flour is incorporated.
• 4 knead about 5 minutes.
• 5 cover with a damp tea towel and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
• 6 brush a 9x15-inch pan with olive oil.
• 7 lightly oil hands and push and stretch dough until it fills the pan.
• 8 allow to rise in a warm place about 45 min or until doubled in bulk.
• 9 set rack in centre of 425° f oven.
• 10 make finger indentations at about two inch intervals on dough.
• 11 brush with oil, sprinkle with coarse salt, insert small pieces of rosemary unto indentations.
• 12 bake 25-30 minutes.