Recipe: Perfect Potato Focaccia

Potato Focaccia. Focaccia dough can contain mashed potatoes. Focaccia dough has a longer rising time than pizza. Focaccia is thicker, Pizza is thinner.

Focaccia bread is baked in a lower temperature oven then Pizza. Combine the yeast, sugar, and milk in the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer fitted with a dough hook. When the dough has risen, transfer the potatoes onto the focaccia in an even layer. You can cook Potato Focaccia using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Potato Focaccia

1. You need 150 grams of Bread (strong) flour.
2. It's 100 grams of Potatoes (boiled and mashed).
3. It's 10 grams of Raw cane sugar.
4. You need 3 grams of Salt.
5. You need 2 grams of Instant dry yeast.
6. You need 75 grams of Water.
7. It's 10 grams of ○Shortening.
8. You need 1 of ○Rock salt or your favorite salt.
9. Prepare 1 of ○Olive oil.

Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley (or basil) before serving. Potatoes are a popular ingredient in Pugliese cuisine, used in pasta, seafood dishes, and more commonly in a variety of bread recipes. One of my favorite focaccia that I enjoyed in Puglia was a simple focaccia flavored with potatoes. Mashed potatoes are used in the dough itself, which creates a very tender crumb.

Potato Focaccia instructions

1. Mix together all the ingredients except for the ○ ingredients. Bring it together, then knead in the shortening..
2. Let rise until doubled in size..
3. After it has risen, divide the dough into 6-8 portions and let rest for 15 minutes..
4. On a baking sheet, roll out the dough into discs. Let rise (2nd proofing)..
5. Press holes into the tops with a flour-dusted finger, brush on some olive oil, and sprinkle salt on top. Bake in an oven at 220°C for 13 minutes..

The tenderness of this focaccia bread comes from one secret ingredient: mashed potatoes. Save a portion of mashed potatoes from your Thanksgiving dinner to make this focaccia bread the next day. It is delicious eaten on its own but can also be sliced to encase the perfect turkey sandwich. The focaccia bread is so incredibly soft it's what I imagine biting into a pillow would feel like. This dough, made with mashed potatoes creates a focaccia with soft interior and a crisp crust, and can be used to make a large focaccia with a simple herb topping, or used to make small, fried mini party pizzas.