Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Whole Wheat Focaccia

Whole Wheat Focaccia.

You can cook Whole Wheat Focaccia using 12 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Whole Wheat Focaccia

1. You need 1.5 cups of Whole wheat flour + more for dusting ..
2. It's 1/2 cup of All purpose flour ..
3. You need 2.5 tsps of Active dry yeast ..
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of water warm ..
5. It's 1 tsp of Sugar ..
6. Prepare 1.5 tsps of Salt ..
7. Prepare 2 - 3 tbsps of Olive oil . + drizzles.
8. Prepare 2 tsps of Rosemary ..
9. You need 1.5 tsps of chilly Red flakes ..
10. It's 1/2 of onion sliced in crescents ..
11. It's 1 of tomato small sliced in crescents ..
12. It's tsp of water Few cold ..

Whole Wheat Focaccia instructions

1. In the warm water, add yeast and sugar. Cover it and keep aside for 10-15 min to froth..
2. In a bowl, add the flours, salt, red chilly flakes and mix with a fork..
3. Make a well in the center, add the yeast mix and mix well..
4. Add a tbsp of cold water at a time to bring it all together..
5. Once a dough is made, take it out on a clean platform/chopping board..
6. Dust it with some flour and knead, knead and knead. Push the dough away with the base of your palm and bring it back together..
7. Do this until it is nice and smooth and gluten is formed. We are looking for elasticity..
8. Add the oil and knead it one final time..
9. Put it in a clean bowl and cover it with cling film..
10. Let it rise/proof for 1.5-2 hrs..
11. Once it is done, oil the baking tray..
12. Punch the dough and put it in the tray. Make sure it is well spread. We dont want few flat and few very risen bits..
13. Poke the dough with your finger and drizzle oilve oil..
14. Pre heat oven to 170C..
15. Put onions and tomatoes on it (press them in) and let it proof for 30 min..
16. Bake for 15-20 min. The done-ness of bread will be when you touch it, it should spring back on you..
17. Take it out of the oven. Let it cool down for 10 min..
18. Get it out of the tray and cut it in shape you like..