Basic Sourdough Starter Focaccia
Rustic sourdough focaccia is topped with roasted garlic, thinly sliced Yukon gold potatoes, and fresh rosemary for a golden, flavorful Italian-inspired bread.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup sourdough starter
- ½ cup cool water
- 4 cups flour
- 1 tbsp salt
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp rosemary
- 12 cloves garlic
- 2 Yukon gold potatoes thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°
- Whisk water and sour dough starter mixing well
- Combine flour and salt slowly add to starter mixture mix until well blended
- Gather dough into a ball knead lightly on floured board
- Gather into a ball place in a bowl covered with a damp towel.
- Let raise 8 to 10 hours or over night at room temperature
- The second raise
- Put 2 Tbs. of olive oil on a cookie sheet
- After the dough is almost doubled knead lightly form a rough oblong shape
- Let raise for 2 hours covered in a warm place
- Put the dough on the cookie sheet turn to coat both sides with the olive oil
- Reshape into rough oblong poke your fingers randomly throughout the focaccia
- Add the garlic cloves, potatoes and rosemary press into the dough
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper
- Bake for 30 minutes