Grammy's Kitchen ยท Focaccia ยท Easy Roasted-Garlic Focaccia

One of 109 focaccia recipes we measured

Easy Roasted-Garlic Focaccia

from www.seriouseats.com

It ranks #1 of 109 for workability among the focaccia recipes we compared. 13 cooks on www.seriouseats.com rate it 4.7โ˜….

hands-on10m
waiting10.0 hr
makes8
each$0.26
kcal336
levelbeginner

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base โ€” next to the median of all 109.

this recipe typical
liquid65%74%
fat20%14%
salt3%2%
yeast1%1%
total sugar0%1%
flour strength2.01.0

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 109 for workability

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

3 g1 whole head garlic
68 g5 tablespoons (75ml) extra-virgin olive oil, divided
Kosher salt, for seasoning
500 g500g all-purpose or bread flour (17 1/2 ounces; about 3 1/4 cups)
325 g325g water (11 1/2 ounces; about 1 1/2 cups minus 1 tablespoon)
15 g15g kosher salt (1/2 ounce; about 1 tablespoon)
4 g4g instant yeast (0.15 ounce; about 1 teaspoon)
30 g2 tablespoons (30g) unsalted butter
2 g2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 g1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Method: 8 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com โ€” open the original โ†— or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

โ€œMight have overdone first rise. 8-24 hrs is a huge window. I let it go about 16. 2 hrs for 2nd rise, wasn't rising much. Gave it 90F for an hr. Better but not as poofy as I'd like. And I used all bread flour.notes: focaccia I usually make uses 430-440g water tโ€ โ€” a cook, 3โ˜…
โ€œI'm wondering - since pretty much every dough recipe says "cover & allow to rise for ** hours" - is covering the rising dough merely for preventing anything from settling onto it, or does it have some active functional purpose that assists in the rise somehow?โ€ โ€” a cook
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