Blackberry and rosemary focaccia

Serves: 0
Course: Side Dish
Cooking Time: 0 hr 30 mins
Ingredients
  • 500g plain flour
  • 5g dried yeast
  • 4g caster sugar
  • 3g salt
  • 40ml olive oil, plus extra for greasing
  • 250ml water
  • 100g blackberries
  • 4 sprigs of rosemary
  • Flaky sea salt

1 Combine the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl or mixer.

2 Add the oil and water and, once fully combined into the dry mix, move the mixture to a clean work surface. Knead by hand for at least 10 minutes or use a mixer and a dough hook for the same amount of time. The mix should change elasticity and come together to form a smooth dough.

3 Lightly coat a large bowl in olive oil and place the dough carefully into the bowl. Cover with cling film or a damp tea towel and allow to prove for one hour, preferably somewhere warm.

4 The dough should have now tripled in size. Carefully remove it from the bowl on to an oiled work surface and roll the dough out to two-inch thickness.

5 Add a good bit of oil to a parchment-lined baking tray, then place the dough on the tray.

6 Scatter the blackberries and rosemary sprigs around the top of the dough and sprinkle with sea salt.

7 Using the tips of your fingers, press into the dough, making small little wells.

8 Allow dough to prove again for one hour.

9 Bake the dough in a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius, or equivalent, for 25-30 minutes, until the focaccia is golden in colour and firm to touch.

10 Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Serve with butter or cream cheese.

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy

Jess Murphy, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a Kiwi chef living on the west coast of Ireland