Anchovy, tomato and thyme focaccia
Prep
2h
35m
Cook
20m
serves
8
If you're looking to bulk up your weekend dinner spread, then Phoebe Wood's flavoursome anchovy, tomato and thyme focaccia recipe is the perfect solution.
Ingredients (10)
- 2 2/3 cups (400g) plain flour
- 100g wholemeal bread flour
- 7g dried yeast
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 1/3 cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to grease
- 250g cherry tomatoes
- 8 sprigs thyme, leaves picked, plus extra to serve
- 1 large ripe truss tomato
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Best-quality tinned anchovies, to serve
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Place flours, yeast and sugar in a large bowl. Gradually add 400ml lukewarm water, mixing to form a very soft dough. Add 2 tsp salt flakes and mix thoroughly. Once combined, use your hands to knead the dough, stretching it from underneath to over the top. Repeat for 2 minutes. Transfer to a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap or a tea towel, and set aside at room temperature for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
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2.Knock back the dough, cover again with plastic wrap or a tea towel and set aside at room temperature for a further 1 hour or until doubled in size.
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3.Grease a 25cm x 36cm baking pan with 1 tbs olive oil. Knock back dough again and transfer to prepared pan, stretching dough to roughly the size of the of the pan, then drizzle with 2 tbs oil and scatter with salt flakes. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes or until dough has risen by about one-third.
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4.Meanwhile, preheat oven to 220°C. Once risen, use your fingers to press deep dimples all over the focaccia. Scatter over cherry tomatoes, thyme leaves and 1/2 tsp salt flakes. Bake for 35 minutes until golden and crispy on top.
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5.While focaccia is cooking, coarsely grate truss tomato into a bowl with the garlic, a pinch of salt flakes and remaining1 tbs olive oil. Mix to combine.
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6.Remove focaccia from oven and cool slightly. Top with anchovies and extra thyme leaves, and serve with tomato garlic mixture alongside.
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