Description
This simple sourdough focaccia requires no kneading and only a few minutes of hands-on time. This sourdough focaccia is incredibly soft, fluffy, and filled with lots of air pockets. After baking, the bottom and edges get golden and crispy. This focaccia is great to use for sandwiches, or eat as is.
Ingredients
1/2 cup active starter (115 grams)
1 3/4 cups warm water (398 grams)
4 cups bread flour (490 grams)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt (10 grams)
Toppings
Fresh rosemary
Sea salt
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, add starter, warm water, flour and salt. Mix with a danish dough whisk or wooden spoon until a shaggy dough comes together. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 8-10 hours at room temperature (you can do this the night before and allow it to rise overnight).
2. Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a 9×13 baking dish. Use your hands or a brush to evenly coat the bottom and sides. Gently remove the dough from the bowl and place in pan. This dough is very soft and before flipping to coat both sides, you may need to fold the dough over itself into a tighter dough ball before flipping over. Flip the dough over to coat both sides in the olive oil.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 2 hours, in a warm place, or until very puffy. Alternatively, you can preheat your oven to 100F. Turn the oven off once it reaches that temperature and place your covered dough in the warm oven. Allow to rise for 1 hour in warm oven, or until very puffy. Remove from oven.
4. Preheat oven to 425F.
5. With oiled fingertips, dimple the dough. Add your desired toppings. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Allow to fully cool before slicing.
Notes
- EASY Sourdough Starter – looking to make a sourdough starter? You can find my EASY recipe here.
- This recipe works without stretch and folds, because the long fermentation time (or rise time), allows for gluten to develop naturally. You can certainly add stretch and folds in and they can help create a finer crumb. However, it is not entirely necessary. If you are crunched for time, like I usually am, skipping the stretch and folds can be a big time saver, and it yields delicious results.
- Prep Time: 720
- Cook Time: 25
- Category: Bread
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American