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Cherry tomato and mozzarella focaccia with Italian herbs

Serves: 2

Ingredients

  • 450g plain flour plus extra for dusting
  • 1 sachet (11g) dried yeast
  • 1 tsp dried Italian herbs
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 300ml warm water
  • 100ml olive oil
  • 20 cherry tomatoes
  • 20 mini mozzarella balls
  • 1 heaped tsp coarse salt

Method

Place the flour, dried yeast, Italian herbs, ½ tsp salt, sugar and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil into a bowl. Pour in most of the water and mix till you have soft dough. Add the remaining water if needed to bind the focaccia dough. Place onto a floured work surface and continue to work the dough for 4 minutes, kneading till soft and smooth. Form into a ball, grease a large bowl with some of the remaining olive oil and place in the dough. Brush the top with some more oil, cover with cling film, and leave to rise for 45 minutes, or double in size. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface again and knock out the air, flattening the dough. Roll out the focaccia, 1 inch bigger than your baking tray all around. Grease the tray lightly with olive oil and lift in the dough, pushing into the sides of the tray. Leave to rise again for 20 minutes. When ready to bake, push your finger into the risen dough making small wells. Push the cherry tomatoes and the mozzarella balls into the focaccia and pour over all the remaining olive oil. Finally sprinkle over the coarse salt and a little extra dried Italian herbs. Bake for about 25 minutes at 200`c, or until the focaccia is golden brown and cooked through.
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Focaccia bit-tadam ċirasa, mozzarella u ħwawar Taljani

Ingredients

  • 450g dqiq plain u ftit aktar biex tiftaħ l-għaġina
  • 1 pakkett (11g) ħmira niexfa
  • 1 kuċċarina ħwawar Taljani niexfa
  • ½ kuċċarina melħ
  • 1 kuċċarina zokkor
  • 300ml ilma fietel
  • 100ml żejt taż-żebbuġa
  • 20 tadama ċirasa
  • 20 ballun żgħir tal-mozzarella
  • 1 kuċċarina mburġata melħ oħxon

Method

Poġġi d-dqiq, il-ħmira, il-ħwawar Taljani, ½ kuċċarina melħ, iz-zokkor u 2 mgħaref żejt taż-żebbuġa fi skutella. Itfa’ ħafna mill-ilma u agħġen sakemm ikollok għaġina ratba. Jekk ikun hemm bżonn, żid il-bqija tal-ilma biex tgħaqqad l-għaġina. Poġġiha fuq wiċċ miksi bid-dqiq u kompli ħaddimha għal 4 minuti sakemm tara li rtabet biżżejjed. Iffurmaha f’ballun. Idlek skutella kbira bi ftit miż-żejt taż-żebbuġa li jkun fadal u poġġi l-għaġina fiha. Idlek il-wiċċ bi ftit ieħor żejt, għattiha bil-cling film, u ħalliha togħla għal 45 minuta, jew sakemm tirdoppja fid-daqs. Imbagħad erġa’ poġġiha fuq wiċċ miksi bid-dqiq u ħaddimha biex tneħħilha l-arja billi tiċċattjaha. Iftaħ il-focaccia, pulzier aktar mit-tilar tal-ħami li tkun se tuża. Idlek it-tilar bi ftit żejt taż-żebbuġa u iftaħ l-għaġina mat-trufijiet tiegħu. Ħalliha terġa’ togħla għal 20 minuta. Meta tkun lesta biex iddaħalha fil-forn, agħfas l-għaġina bil-ponot ta’ subgħajk biex tifforma bħal għafsiet żgħar. Poġġi t-tadam u l-blalen tal-mozzarella u ferrex iż-żejt taż-żebbuġa li jkun fadal. Fl-aħħar ferrex il-melħ oħxon u ftit ħwawar Taljani oħra fil-wiċċ Aħmi għal madwar 25 minuta f’temperatura ta’ 200oC, jew sakemm il-focaccia tiħmar u tkun saret.

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