Super Easy Focaccia Using a Bread Maker
Our Focaccia Recipe is SUPER easy because we get the bread maker to do the hard work! You can throw this amazing potato, cheese and onion topped focaccia together with just 10 minutes hands on work!
The Easy Way To Make Focaccia
Is there anything better than eating soft, fluffy bread that's still warm from the oven? It's one of life's simple pleasures.
Our Super Easy Focaccia recipe is just so simple to make because, yes, I don't waste hours mixing and kneading dough, I get the bread maker to do ALL the hard work!
All that's left for me to do is hand stretch the dough - then top it with delicious toppings and bake.
Bread Maker Focaccia Ingredients
ingredients for the focaccia...
- 300ml luke warm water
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 500g bread flour - I use Tipo 00
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried yeast
ingredients for the focaccia toppings...
- 1 red onion - finely sliced
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- pinch of sea salt
- 250g new potatoes - peeled, boiled and finely sliced.
- 150g cheddar cheese - grated
- 100g feta cheese - cubed
- a few springs of rosemary - roughly chopped
- 1tbs olive oil for drizzling
How To Make Bread Maker Focaccia Dough
It's super easy to make our delicious cheese and onion topped focaccia bread
Step One - add the ingredients to the bread maker
- Pour the water and olive oil into the bread maker tin.
- Gently tip in the flour
- Put the salt in one corner and yeast in the other corner - not touching the water
- Switch the bread machine onto the dough setting and leave it to mix and rise the dough - usually takes a couple of hours.
While the bread machine is doing it's thing, you can get on with making the toppings.
Step Two - make the homemade bread toppings
- Add a splash of olive oil to a frying pan and tip in the onions - sprinkle over a pinch of salt and the teaspoon of sugar and cook over a low heat for around an hour - or until they're soft and sticky and caramelised.
- Boil the potatoes until just tender - you can use leftover boiled potatoes for this if you've any in the fridge.
Step Three - knead, shape and rise the focaccia bread
- When the dough is risen - turn it out onto a lightly floured work top and knead it for a minute - just to knock the air out of it. Then place it onto a lightly oiled baking tray and stretch it out so it pretty much fills the tray.
- Leave the bread to rise somewhere warm for around 40 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200C / 400F / Gas Mark 6
- Top your foccacia with the grated cheese, onions, sliced potatoes and feta cubes.
- Drizzle over some more olive oil and season with salt and black pepper.
Step Four - bake the bread in the oven
- Bake in the oven for around 20 minutes until the bread is cooked and the toppings browning.
- Remove from the oven - add another drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle over the chopped rosemary.
- Leave to cool slightly before eating.
What Toppings Can You Put On Focaccia?
Don't just stick to my topping idea - you throw whatever you fancy on your bread... toppings like...
- baby cherry tomatoes and rosemary sprigs
- garlicky flame grilled pepper strips with mozzarella cheese.
- black olives, rosemary and roast garlic
- pesto, olives and feta cheese
How To Eat Focaccia
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- Perfect for sharing with the family or friends.
- Eat alongside tapas with drinks
- Dip into soup.
- Take for picnics.
- I really, really like this dipped into sweet chilli balsamic vinegar - oooo so good!
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Super Easy Focaccia Using a Bread Maker
Utterly delicious and super easy focaccia bread for sharing
Ingredients
For the bread
- 300ml luke warm water
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 500g bread flour - I use Tipo 00
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried yeast
For the topping
- 1 red onion - finely sliced
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- pinch of sea salt
- 250g new potatoes - peeled, boiled and finely sliced.
- 150g cheddar cheese - grated
- 100g feta cheese - cubed
- a few springs of rosemary - roughly chopped
- 1 tbs olive oil for drizzling
Instructions
- Pour the water and olive oil into the bread maker tin.
- Gently tip in the flour
- Put the salt in one corner and yeast in the other corner - not touching the water
- Switch the bread machine onto the dough setting and leave it to mix and rise the dough - usually takes a couple of hours.
- Whilst the bread machine is doing it's thing - add a splash of olive oil to a frying pan and tip in the onions - sprinkle over a pinch of salt and the teaspoon of sugar and cook over a low heat for around an hour - or until they're soft and sticky and caramelised.
- Boil the potatoes until just tender - you can use leftover boiled potatoes for this if you've any in the fridge.
- When the dough is risen - turn it out onto a lightly floured work top and knead it for a minute - just to knock the air out of it. Then place it onto a lightly oiled baking tray and stretch it out so it pretty much fills the tray.
- Leave the bread to rise somewhere warm for around 40 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200C.
- Top your foccacia with the grated cheese, onions, sliced potatoes and feta cubes.
- Drizzle over some more olive oil and season with salt and black pepper.
- Bake in the oven for around 20 minutes until the bread is cooked and the toppings browning.
- Remove from the oven - add another drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle over the chopped rosemary.
- Leave to cool slightly before eating.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 576Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 1122mgCarbohydrates: 73gFiber: 3gSugar: 3gProtein: 20g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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