Fougasse

Cuisine French

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g Flour T55
  • 1 packet Fast Action Dried Yeast
  • 8 g Sea salt
  • 70 g Olive Oil
  • 250 g Water – luke warm
  • ½ cup Olives
  • 6 g Dried Rosemary
  • Sprig of fresh rosemary to finish

Instructions
 

  • If using a stand mixer, attach the dough hook. If using a bread machine, use the dough setting.
  • Put the flour in a bowl, add salt to one side and yeast to the other. Make a small well in the centre and add the olive oil.
  • If using a mixer, start with a slow speed for 3 minutes. If necessary, use a spatula to scrape down flour from the sides towards the dough in the centre. When all the ingredients are mixed turn the mixer to medium for 8 minutes.
  • In the meantime, cut the olives in half. Have your rosemary ready in a small dish or saucer.
  • If using a mixer, add the olives and the dough and the rosemary and mix on slow speed for 2 minutes to combine into the dough.
  • If kneading by hand, flatten the dough on a floured work surface. On one half, spread the olives and sprinkle the rosemary and fold over the dough and then roll the dough back into a ball.
  • If using a bread machine, add the olive and rosemary when the solid ingredients alarm sounds.
  • Put the dough into an oiled bowl, cover and leave to stand for about 1 1/2 hours when it should have doubled in size.
  • Line a baking sheet with baking paper and take half the dough and spread into a flat oval about 10-12mm thick. Cut the dough with holes in the decoration of your choice.
  • Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with fresh rosemary. Grind some sea salt over the surface. Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours.
  • Meanwhile heat the oven to 200C.
  • Bake in the centre of the oven for 18 minutes.
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