Ricettario d'Italia

In breve

The dish in short

  • Re-milled durum wheat semolina and type 0 flour, a boiled potato, lievito madre, salt, water and olive oil.
  • Topped with cherry tomatoes broken by hand and laid cut side down, Bari olives in brine, a pinch of salt, dried oregano and oil.
  • The balls of dough rise uncovered for 8–12 hours, until a light skin forms and a fingertip dent springs back.
  • Pressed out in a well-oiled round tin 32 cm across, topped and baked at once in the hottest oven, ideally 270 °C, for 20–25 minutes.
  • Crisp on the base and edges, soft inside, about 1 cm–1.5 cm high.

Il video, Bari, Puglia

Focaccia barese

The video: Bari's soft focaccia with cherry tomatoes and olives

Bari's round focaccia of durum wheat semolina and soft wheat flour with a boiled potato in the dough, risen slowly with lievito madre and baked very hot under cherry tomatoes, olives and oregano; on Italy's list of traditional food products since 2012. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.

Serves
4
Hands-on
1 h 24 min
Cooking
40 min
Video
11 s

Passo dopo passo

The steps, in photos

The video shows the main moments; these are all 17 steps, as in the recipe.

Photos of steps 1, 2, 3
1Refresh the lievito madre2Let it double3Boil the potato
Photos of steps 4, 5, 6
4Peel, rice and cool it5Weigh everything and set the water6Flours, potato, salt and starter into the bowl
Photos of steps 7, 8, 9
7Add the water, then the oil, at low speed8Knead for 15 minutes at higher speed9Oil the worktop and divide the dough
Photos of steps 10, 11, 12
10Into an oiled tray, close together11Let them rise, uncovered, for 8–12 hours12Heat the oven
Photos of steps 13, 14, 15
13Oil the tin and press out a ball14Top it15Bake for 20–25 minutes
Photos of steps 16, 17
16The other focaccia17Serve

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