Focaccia Di Recco – Treating Myself

When I process myself to a personal “food wish,” it’s commonly something I’ve eaten out together with locomote obsessed over, together with this episode is a classic case. There’s a Ligurian eating theatre called Farina close us, together with I’ve locomote a full-blown focaccia di Recco stalker. 

After watching them larn inwards in front end of me then many times, I had to give it a try. It doesn’t await similar the focaccia most of us are used to, but come upwardly to abide by out, “focaccia” exactly agency whatsoever flatbread cooked inwards a hearth, together with varies share to region.

This item instance hails from Recco, together with is nil to a greater extent than than roughly Stracchino cheese trapped inwards betwixt two, super-thin layers of dough. The dough is nil to a greater extent than than flour, water, olive oil, together with salt; but thank you lot to a rattling hot oven, together with this in all likelihood ancient technique, roughly serious flatbread magic happens.

As I confess inwards the video, I was scared to usage equally good much cheese, but I’ll usage to a greater extent than side past times side time. At Farina, you lot tin mail away run into a sparse layer of the molten Stracchino oozing out betwixt the layers. My Crescenza cheese was basically absorbed, but spell you lot couldn’t run into it, you lot could for certain gustation it, together with it was amazing.

The obvious inquiry is, tin mail away you lot add together other fillings to this? Yes, but don’t. It’s perfect…as long equally you lot abide by the cheese. Please, abide by the cheese (no substitutions volition live offered #toughlove). 

 By the way, I’m officially recommending the quarter canvas pan seen herein, which is what they usage inwards the restaurant, but I recollect a circular tart pan would run equally well. In fact, from what I run into online, the circular pan seems to live the standard. I can’t hold off to endeavour this again, together with sincerely promise you lot give it locomote equally well. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 2 minor or i large Focaccia di Recco (Tip for commencement timers: Make a double batch of dough then you lot convey plenty to run with!)

*2 cups all-purpose flour (9.5 past times weight)

1/2 loving cup summation 2 tbsp water           

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

3/4 tsp fine salt

*use plenty flour to cast a soft, but non equally good mucilaginous dough. Knead for most 5-6 minutes to from a smooth, elastic dough. Let balance i hr at room temp.

12 oz Crescenza or Stracchino cheese (6 oz for each focaccia) 
extra virgin olive oil together with body of body of water salt, to gustation for the rank

Bake at 500 degrees F.for most 6-7 minutes, or until well-browned