Recipe: Perfect Gennaro’s Focaccia!

Gennaro’s Focaccia!. Old pals Jamie & Gennaro show you how to make two different focaccia recipes. Gennaro opts for simple tomato and basil flavours, while Jamie adds crushed. I meet up with with Donal Skehan and shows how to make a lovely mixed focaccia in exchange for a lesson in soda bread.

Tons of beautiful flavour, basil, ricotta. This is a paid AD by Hotpoint. Whenever Jamie makes any bread, particularly Focaccia, it reminds him of getting to know his 'London Dad' Gennaro Contaldo. You can cook Gennaro’s Focaccia! using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Gennaro’s Focaccia!

1. You need 500 g of all purpose flour.
2. Prepare 7 g of yeast mixed with.
3. It's 325 ml of Lukewarm water.
4. It's of Salt.
5. Prepare of Extra virgin Olive Oil.
6. It's of Polenta.
7. It's of Toppings.

Gennaro's focaccia is relatively quick to make, and fairly hands-off if you use a mixer fitted with a dough hook. If you cut the squares in half, you can fill with prosciutto or cheese for a different sandwich. We look forward to seeing you soon! Liberally sprinkle the top of the focaccia with some coarse sea salt and lightly drizzle a little oil on top.

Gennaro’s Focaccia! step by step

1. Addd the lukewarm water to the yeast and mix.
2. In an there bowl, add a punch of salt and a some olive oil.
3. Add the yest and water to the flour and mix until it forms a sticky dough.
4. Knead for 10 mins.
5. Prove under a bowl for 40 mins.
6. Put Polenta onto the bottom of your dish and place the dough on top.
7. Push your fingertips down onto the dough and splash on olive oil.
8. Then add your toppings. I’m using olives, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic oli oil, basil and extra virgin Olive oil.
9. Put a warm wet towel over the top and leave for 45 mins to double in size..
10. Add a sprinkle of Salt and put in the oven for 35 mins at 200c or until the top is golden Brown.
11. Remove from tray, add olive oil on top and leave to cool for 10 mins..
12. Enjoy!.

Focaccia di Genova is the original recipe for the traditional Italian bread with olive oil, salt and herbs, often including rosemary. This focaccia recipe is as fuss-free as bread recipes go. The dough comes together quickly in the This recipe leaves so much room for experimentation, too. I've been making so much focaccia at. Gennaro Contaldo, Italian chef and restauranteur who mentored Jamie Oliver, grew up As a baker at The Neal Street Restaurant, he was responsible for making the bread, focaccia, torte salate, pastry.